item details
Name Parau e honu (face plate)
ProductionUnknown; 1700s; Tahiti
Classificationheaddresses
Materialsturtle shell, fibre, mother of pearl, sennit
Materials Summary sennit (cocos nucifera); pearl shell (Pinctada magaritifera); Turtle shell (Chelonia mydas)
DimensionsOverall: 280mm (width), 190mm (height)
Registration NumberFE000336/3
Credit lineGift of Lord St Oswald, 1912