Breastplate

Alan Preston
New Zealand
1941

Breastplate
1996
black-lipped oyster, magimagi sinnet cord (coconut-husk fibre), vau binding (beach hibiscus bark-fibre)
Place made
Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Medium
black-lipped oyster, magimagi sinnet cord (coconut-husk fibre), vau binding (beach hibiscus bark-fibre)
Dimensions
43.0 x 14.8 x 1.2 cm
Credit line
Gift of Truus and Joost Daalder through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2017
Accession number
20172A146
Signature and date
Not signed. Not dated.
Media category
Jewellery
Collection area
International decorative arts and design
Copyright
© Alan Preston
Image credit
Photo: Grant Hancock