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Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands Back to main page for this exhibition Back to images from this exhibition Ear Ornaments (hakakai/ha'akai), 19th century Whale ivory; L. of each 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1639 a, b)

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