| Object Number | 18023L |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Marquesas Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bone |
| Description | Carved bone. Formerly used by chiefs' wives and daughters. The ornament is made in two pieces: a cap, usually made of shell, with a cavity lined with soft wood into which fits a shank extending from one end of the ornament proper. The usual material for the latter is said to have been bone from the skeleton of a relative of the original wearer, the figures representing ancestors. These ornaments were highly valued and were inherited in the female line. |
| Length | 6 cm |
| Width | 2.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
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