Breastplate (Tema, Tambe, or Tepatu)
Object type: Pendant
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Santa Cruz Islands
Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Medium: Tridacna shell, turtle shell, trade cloth, fiber
Dimensions: D. 3/16 × Diam. 7 1/2 in. (0.5 × 19.1 cm)
Classification: Shell-Ornaments
Geography:    Temotu province Solomon Islands Santa Cruz Islands 
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979