Breast jewellery
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Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalBreast jewellery
Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 International
Lei niho palaoa
Language: German
Breast jewellery
Necklace with a hook-shaped pendant; on both sides of the pendant are bundles of braided hair cords, which are tied together at both ends with cord made of olonā fibres. A few olonā cords are threaded through the pendant for support. [UM]
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Länge: 32 cm, Breite: 5 cm, Höhe: 12.5
cm
Material/Technique
Hair, Pottwalzahn, Plant fibre
Current location
Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
Inventory number
S 41341
Provenance and sources
Provenance
The
Linden-Museum bought this chest ornament in 1985 from the geographer and explorer
explorer and traveller Karl Helbig (1903-1991). In the 1930s
Helbig travelled the Indonesian islands and crossed the island of Borneo.
Borneo. Later, he was particularly interested in Central America. It is
is not yet known how this Lei niho palaoa came into Helbig's possession.
came into Helbig's possession. [UM]
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