Photo of collection object Man's Breast Ornament — Shuar. Man's Breast Ornament, 19th century. Bird bones ("tayu"), seeds, feathers, cotton fiber, human hair, beetle-wing covers, animal teeth, 29 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 1/2 in. (75.6 × 22.2 × 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum Collection, X398. Creative Commons-BY.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Man's Breast Ornament

19th century

Shuar

Arts of the Americas

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Shuar
Classification: Ornament
Formatted Medium: Bird bones ("tayu"), seeds, feathers, cotton fiber, human hair, beetle-wing covers, animal teeth
Medium: bird, bones, tayu, seeds, feathers, cotton, fiber, human, hair, beetle-wing, covers, animal, teeth
Dimensions: 29 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 1/2 in. (75.6 × 22.2 × 1.3 cm)
Departments: Arts of the Americas
Accession Number: X398
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
Museum Location: This item is not on view
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