Chief's Breastplate

Object/Artifact

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Chief's Breastplate

Entry/Object ID

1973.135.001

Description

-round ground stone with beveled edges and two holes off-center -attached tag: "Rare Chief's Breastplate, Fiji Island" -possibly used with 1973.136.001 (tag reads: "HK105 (+HK104) breast plate neck piece")

Collection

Ethnographic Collection

Made/Created

Place

Country

Fiji

Region

Melanesia

Continent

Oceania

Notes

Date: early 20th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Breastplate

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Material

Stone