Bilum
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Mesh pocket
Bag made of plant fibre using the loop technique, two boar tusks and a conus snail are attached to the front, dark linear patterns are attached to the front
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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
14 x 17,5 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, Eberhauer, Conus snail
braided
braided
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2184
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 22123
2184
2184
Provenance and sources
where
Monumbo Bay
Description
Supplement to the location: under German colonial rule: Potsdam harbour
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Maier, Sebastian - Owners
where
Stuttgart
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).
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