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Summary
Marquesas Islands (Te Henua 'Enana/Te Fenua 'Enata), circa 1850
Jewelry and Adornments; masks
Tortoise-shell, conch shell, and fiber
Height: 3 1/2 in. (8.89 cm); Diameter: 8 5/8 in. (21.91 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation with additional funding by Jane and Terry Semel, the David Bohnett Foundation, Camilla Chandler Frost, Gayle and Edward P. Roski and The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2008.66.34)
Art of the Pacific
Currently on public view: Ahmanson Building, floor 1
Nothing Found.
Tags
art of the pacific in the los angeles county museum of art
paekaha
public domain images from the los angeles county museum of art
turtle shells in art
Date
1500 - 1600
Source
LACMA
Link
Copyright info
public domain