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D10901 chest ornament

The chest ornamentation consists of rows of mock tusks. There are dark brown areas in the centre and on the sides, bordered by nassa snails and decorated with seeds. The outer edges are decorated with fibres.

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Übersee-Museum Bremen
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Object type
chest ornament
Dimensions
General: 2.6 × 22.3 × 23.5 cm Partial dimensions (fringes): 0.1 × 14 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre; wet snail; pig tusk; seed; rotang; putty; wood | carved; drilled; plaited
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10901

Provenance and sources

when
1800-1913 (?)
where
Papua New Guinea (?)

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