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chest ornament

The chest ornament consists of two snail shells tied together with plant fibres.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 3.7 × 18 × 5 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell; plant fibre Rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12125
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12125

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1893
    where
    Finschhafen
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Kapitän Rohde - Former Possessors
    Kapitän Rohde - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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