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Shield

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Shield
Dimensions
Height: 57 cm
Depth: 8 cm
Width: 72,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta), Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 9824 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1888
    where
    Melanesia
    Southeast New Guinea
    Dinner island
    Samarai
    Milne Bay
  • Collecting
    who
    Finsch, Otto - Collectors
    Neu-Guinea Compagnie - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Collected by Otto Finsch on behalf of the New Guinea Company, donated by the New Guinea Company in 1888
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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