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Neck jewellery
This piece of jewellery, worn either on the neck or chest by a chieftain (buni) is artfully carved from a sperm whale. The string is composed of a black and white braid. There is a row of small, white mussel discs suspended between the string and tooth. The manufacture of such a piece was very time-consuming and labour-intensive enterprise, rendering the object a very valuable item as a result.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Halsschmuck
Dimensions
Breite: 120.0 mm, Höhe: 55.0 mm
Material/Technique
Pottwalzahn
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0845
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit)
Object no. 107 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Necklace. Bungi. Wall large tooth with shell and cocos". Supplementary note: "[...] the bungis, No. 106-108, were valuable and popular." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
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