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brooch

human history
  • Other Name

    Poppy (maker's title)

  • Description

    Brooch, stylised poppy flower. Cut from white mother of pearl shell, front face covered with red doming resin, black obsidian dome in the centre of the flower. Oxidized silver brooch back mechanism with steel pin mounted on silver discs recessed into the mother of pearl.

  • Place
    Ngataringa Bay/Devonport/North Shore City/Auckland/New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1998.69.1
  • Accession Date
    10 Oct 1998
  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC

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  • brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC
  • brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC
  • brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC
  • brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC
  • brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC
  • brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC
  • brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC
  • brooch, 1998.69.1, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC
  • brooch

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