Kapkap

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.99.4

amicoid

MIA_.99.4

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2001

aly

2001

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Costume and Jewelry

oty

Costume and Jewelry

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

crn

Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Pacific; Melanesian; Solomon

crc

Asian; Pacific; Melanesian; Solomon

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

artist

crr

artist

Creator Role

false

Creator Name-CRT:

artist unknown

crt

artist unknown

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Kapkap

otn

Kapkap

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

20th century

oct

20th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1900

ocs

1900

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1999

oce

1999

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

clam shell, tortoise shell, cord, beads

omd

clam shell, tortoise shell, cord, beads

Materials and Techniques

false

Creation Place:

Oceania

ocp

Oceania

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H.3/8 x Dia.6 in. (without cord)

met

H.3/8 x Dia.6 in. (without cord)

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

99.4

ooa

99.4

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Walter R. Bollinger Fund

ooc

The Walter R. Bollinger Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

The kapkap is the most important chest ornament worn by initiated men in the Solomon Islands. The white disk is cut from the shell of the tridacna, a large sea clam, and the inner disk is carved from a tortoise shell. Shells of many types were prized and often traded as money. Tortoiseshell had to be boiled to make it soft enough to carve. The more complicated and delicate the decoration, the greater the kapkap's value.

In general, the kapkap's size and quality indicated the wearer's social status. The prestige of this exceptionally large and detailed example is enhanced by the precious shell beads strung on the cord attaching the tortoiseshell disk to the white shell body.

cxd

<P>The kapkap is the most important chest ornament worn by initiated men in the Solomon Islands. The white disk is cut from the shell of the tridacna, a large sea clam, and the inner disk is carved from a tortoise shell. Shells of many types were prized and often traded as money. Tortoiseshell had to be boiled to make it soft enough to carve. The more complicated and delicate the decoration, the greater the kapkap's value.</P><P>In general, the kapkap's size and quality indicated the wearer's social status. The prestige of this exceptionally large and detailed example is enhanced by the precious shell beads strung on the cord attaching the tortoiseshell disk to the white shell body.</P>

Context

false

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Kapkap