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View full screenBreast ornament or kap-kap made from a piece of turtle shell cut to represent a stylized frigate bird, and attached to a ground shell disc: Melanesian, Santa Cruz Islands, early 20th century
A.1922.664
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, Melanesia
Early 20th century
Turtle shell cut to represent a stylized frigate bird, attached to a ground shell disc
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