ART ON VIEW 108 FIG. 8 (left): Composite breastplate, civa vonovono. Fiji. Early 19th century. Sperm whale ivory, pearl shell. W: 21 cm. Collected by Sir Everard im Thurn, governor of Fiji 1904–1911. Horniman Museum, London, inv. 20.55. Another example of the work of the master carver of fi gure 6. FIG. 7 (right): Composite breastplate, civa vonovono, worn by Ratu Tanoa in 1840. Fiji. Early 19th century. Sperm whale ivory, pearl shell. W: 28 cm. Acquired by Sir Arthur Gordon, fi rst resident governor of Fiji, in 1875–76, almost certainly from Ratu Tanoa’s son, Ratu Seru Cakobau. Cambridge, MAA, inv. Z 2730.
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