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The forehead has tapa as a base and is decorated with colourful pearls. The first line is made from green pearls, the second line from red pearls, the third line has blue, red, gold, white and brown pearls. The last line is made from glossy rosé pearls.
How did the object come to the Übersee-Museum?
The collection was purchased by the museum from Otto Tetens in 1907. Tetens was director of the Samoa Observatory of the Royal Society of Sciences in Göttingen in the colony of German Samoa from 1902 to 1905. Nothing is yet known about the exact circumstances of Tetens' acquisition on site.
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nose ornament
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nose jewellery
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headband
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nose ornament
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headband
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forehead ornament
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headband
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head ornament
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nose ornament
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