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Jewellery

The light weave of rattan strips and pearls is part of a widow's mourning apparel on the island of Manus. It is attached to the back of the head with the two braided strings. It then takes on the shape of a half-cylinder, which is worn with the pearl ornaments facing out.This extraordinary piece was collected by Wilhelm Lebahn, captain of the Imperial Navy survey ship »S.M.S. Planet«, on which the ethnologist, anthropologist and marine doctor Augustin Krämer was also travelling.The Lebahn collection was sold after his death by his brother-in-law Dr. Rudolf Plähn from Waldkirch.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Manus
Object type
Schmuck
Dimensions
Breite: 200.0 mm, Höhe: 250.0 mm
Material/Technique
Pedigree cane
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0498

Provenance and sources

where
Manus (place of manufacture)

when
31.07.1907
who
Plähn, Rudolf - Former Possessors

where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Manus (location/origin)
who
Lebahn, Wilhelm - Collectors

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