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View full screenOrnament (kapkap), brow or breast ornament made from a circle of clam shell (Tridacna) overlaid with an openwork of turtle-shell and worn as a symbol of authority or power: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, 19th century
A.1876.33.51 A
Breast ornament, Brow ornament
Unknown
Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
19th century
Melanesian
Clam shell (Tridacna), Turtle-shell
Shell and tortoiseshell
Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
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