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chest ornament

The chest ornament consists of a white shell disc. A plant fibre string is threaded through the disc and a nut is attached to the end.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 15 × 3.2 × 40 cm
Material/Technique
mussel shell; plant fibre; wet snail; tortoise shell; nut
carved; drilled; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D00740
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D00740

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1893
    where
    New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Kapitän Rohde - Former Possessors
    Kapitän Rohde - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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