item details
NameBreastplate
ProductionAlan Preston; maker/artist; 1987; New Zealand
Classificationjewellery, artifacts, neckpieces, necklaces
Materialsmother of pearl, oyster shell, sennit
Materials Summarymother of pearl, black lipped oyster shell, 'afa (cocoanut husk fibre), vau (hibiscus bark fibre)
Techniquescutting, jewellery making, braiding
DimensionsImage: 130mm (width), 20mm (height), 555mm (length)
Registration Number1993-0038-39
Credit lineGift of the Friends of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 1993
Overview
'I give thanks to the people of the Pacific and their ancestors. Their traditions together with mine are a source of ideas and inspiration for my comments about a new Oceania.'
Alan Preston
Bone Stone Shell: New Jewellery New Zealand. Catalogue, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Crafts Council of New Zealand. Wellington, 1988