breastplate
- Description:
- six plates of whale tooth ivory form border, four pieces of whale ivory inlaid with pearl shell including two birds and two stars. illustrated in 'Polynesian Artifacts' pl. 61, also in 'The Art of Melanesia', QEII Arts Council.
- Display date:
- Made: Unknown; Acquired: 04 Jul 1950
- Location:
- Pacific
- Collections:
- Auckland Museum Collections Online
- Content partner:
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- Availability:
- Not specified