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Breast jewellery

A very old pendant made from a cone shell, with a hole drilled in it, through which a string can be threaded.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Pendant
Dimensions
Diameter: 80.0 mm
Material/Technique
Snail shell
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0819

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    24.04.1900
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Nauru (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
    Kaiser, Ludwig - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 168 (Antonie Brandeis object list, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "A polished shell as a necklace." The objects in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).

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