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forehead ornament

The forehead ornament consists of a band of grass fruits knotted in rows. There are seven rows at the widest point in the centre, decreasing towards the sides. There is a string made of plant fibre at both ends.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn on the head
Dimensions
General: 1.5 × 6.5 × 80 cm
Material/Technique
Grass fruit; plant fibre braided
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12449
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12449

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900-1907
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    1907
    who
    Nauer, Karl - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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