Hair Ornament
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Ivory, ink
DATES
late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
10 1/2 x 1/2 x 3/8 in. or (27.0 x 1.0 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
22.1799
CREDIT LINE
Brooklyn Museum Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Hair ornament of one long flat piece of ivory joined to a smaller pointed piece by three carved ivory lugs. The longer piece has engravings of fish, a duck, and an abstracted arm with a head and an abstracted bird-like eye. The short piece is actually shaped like a bird beak and has a slit for the mouth and an eye.
Condition: good.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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