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warrior's neck ornament

The warrior’s neck ornament consists of a piece of wood with the shape of a head carved on the upper end. The lower end is decorated with frigate bird feathers. On the back of the carved neck are three cords fashioned with beads and fabric.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 38 x 9 x 15 cm
Material/Technique
Frigate bird feather; wood; plant fibre; fabric; canus disc
carved; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12937
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12937

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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