Carved tooth ear ornament, three small tiki figures joined. (Pinion broken off and cap lost); tiana, woman’s ear ornament fastened in with a cap and pinion (missing), carved portion extends back behind the ear lobe. These are highly prized and inherited through generations in the female line.
Donor:
W. S. Everts
Collection place:
Marquesas, French Polynesia
Culture or time period:
Marquesan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1980-1981 #10: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Jerome Feldman (July 31, 1980–August 4, 1980)