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Snail shell

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Snail shell
Dimensions
Height: 16,5 cm
Depth: 25 cm
Width: 22,5 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell (ovula ovum), Rattan (Rotang, Rotan)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 37364

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1915
    where
    Melanesia
    Admiralty Islands (?)
    Papua New Guinea (?)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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