Breastplate (Civanovonovo)
Unknown Artist
early 19th century
Medium
Whale ivory, pearl shell, fiber
Dimensions
H. 7 3/4 in. × W. 7 5/8 in. × D. 1 in. (19.7 × 19.4 × 2.5 cm)
Classification
Bone/Ivory-Ornaments
Culture
Fijian people
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1960
Accession Number
1978.412.746