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Neck jewellery

This pendant was worn as a necklace. It is carved from an elongated piece of shell, with fine ribbing on the front and serrations on the lower edge. At the top, five small holes have been drilled for a string to pass through.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Halsschmuck
Dimensions
Length: 128.0 mm
Material/Technique
Shell
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0814

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    22.11.1901
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Marshall Islands (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 26 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Old necklace. Shell".

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