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Long string made of very thin, black-coloured plant fibre, which is wound into a bundle with the help of several wooden sticks. Attached to it is an old paper label. In addition to the stamped inscription "Schauinsland Reise 1906", it reads in handwriting: "Nauer \ No. 29. \ Matty-Ins. \ Uro[?], mit Kokosnußfasern umwickelte Schnur, wird von Weibern um den Leib getragen."

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
worn costume accessories
Dimensions
General: 2 × 4 × 14.5 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre; wood; pigment braided; coloured
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D09366
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D09366

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900-1900
    where
    Wuvulu Island
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Nauer, Karl - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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