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Cataloguing data

Object type
Snail shell money
Dimensions
Andere Maße: Länge: 220 cm 1x, 920 cm 2x, 600 cm 8x
Material/Technique
Snail shell, Pig tails, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 27762

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1909
    where
    Melanesia
    Bismarck Archipelago
    New Ireland
    Southern New Ireland
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    Franz Boluminski (1863-11-12 - 1913-04-28) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Franz Boluminski 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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