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Forehead jewellery

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Forehead jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 3 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Width: 20 cm
Width: 3 cm
Length: 30,5 cm
Material/Technique
Musselshell (Nautilus), Palm leaf , Plant fibre , Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 13233

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1896
    where
    Polynesia
    Samoa
  • Collecting
    who
    P. Otto Zembsch (1841-05-31 - 1911-03-02) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from P. Otto Zembsch 1896
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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