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chest ornament

The chest ornament consists of a ring made from a snail shell. A chain of glass beads is threaded through the ring.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
Partial dimensions (ring): 0.7 x 8.9 cm Partial dimensions (chain): 104 cm Partial dimensions (beads): 2.5 cm
Material/Technique
Trochus bowl; glass bead carved; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D07351
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D07351

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1910
    where
    Bougainville
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections
Secondary literature
O. Finsch, Hamburg 1914: S. 30,81.

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