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boxed jewellery set

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  • Ingoa Kē

    Box (maker's title)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    boxed jewellery set. Paua shell box with perspex lid (lexan) featuring silk cord tie.The perspex lid ties onto the paua shell and loops around a catch at one end which is made out of a perspex button that is riveted on.

    Five objects inside:

    - paua shell ring, two concave parts glued together, hollow centre

    - stone ring, solid

    - granite brooch with silver encased frame with steel pin brooch back mechanism

    - uneven pair of sterling silver continuous hoops

    - uneven pair of perforated pebbles

    All the objects inside the box are loose.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    2015.76.3
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    23 Sep 2015
  • Wāhanga
sculpture, 2015.76.3, © Auckland Museum CC BY NC

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