#Marquesan chiefs once wore elaborate head ornaments woven from cord, with beads of dark tornassell #tortoiseshell) and white shell from green clams. In this display, we learn that the use of tortoiseshell (all the dark beads) is a colonial influence, possibly obtained from traders in the 1800s
#Marquesan chiefs once wore elaborate head ornaments woven from cord, with beads of dark tornassell #tortoiseshell) and white shell from green clams. In this display, we learn that the use of tortoiseshell (all the dark beads) is a colonial influence, possibly obtained from traders in the 1800s