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Shell disc as a jewellery pendant

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Shell disc as a jewellery pendant
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Depth: 1,7 cm
Width: 18,5 cm
Material/Technique
Pearl mussel shell, Bark bast string
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 51293

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Melanesia
    Highlands of north-east New Guinea
    Mount Hagen
    Wabak
  • Collecting
    who
    Michael Beisert - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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