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Breastplate

Object | Part of Pacific Cultures collection

FE013045/1; Breastplate; 1997; Te Arawa; Tamaki, Suzanne ; view 1

FE013045/1; Breastplate; 1997; Te Arawa; Tamaki, Suzanne ; view 2

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item details

NameBreastplate

ProductionSuzanne Tamaki; artist; 1997; Wellington

Classificationbreastplates

Materialsflax, shell (plant material)

DimensionsOverall: 90mm (length)

Registration NumberFE013045/1

Credit linePurchased 2015

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Category

Made of: flax
shell (plant material)
Type of: breastplates
Influenced by: Polynesian
Te Arawa
Ngāi Tūhoe

Place

Made in: Wellington (New Zealand)
Influenced by: New Zealand

People & Organisations

Made by: Suzanne Tamaki
Influenced by: Rosanna Raymond
Ani O'Neill
Niwhai Tupaea
Pacific Sisters