Marquesan. <em>Ornaments</em>, before 1938. Tortoise shell, fiber, group: 2 3/4 × 2 9/16 in. (7 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.52. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.52.jpg)

Ornaments

Artist:Marquesan

Medium: Tortoise shell, fiber

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:before 1938

Dimensions: group: 2 3/4 × 2 9/16 in. (7 × 6.5 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 42.211.52

Image: CUR.42.211.52.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
About 75 small rosette shaped ornaments of tortoise shell. Each on has two tiny holes perforated in the center through which a small piece of coconut fiber is passed.

Brooklyn Museum