mama (ring)

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Title

mama (ring)

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Rings, bracelets, combs and brooches were popular forms of personal adornment made in Samoa from at least the 1920’s to the present day. They were typically made of turtle shell, coconut shell and coloured glass. Many of them feature a silver inset of words and/or motifs. Inspirations and appropriation Examples of bracelets collected in the 1960’s show the Samoan appropriation of ideas and motifs from other cultures. Made with the same inset elements they feature motifs such as swordfish, t...

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Image

Date created

Gifted: 1986

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/84966

Related subjects

metal / rings / Sāmoan / Sāmoa / Percy Williams / Barbara Williams / Mrs Meme Williams

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