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Bracelet

Rhizomorph bracelet, a very unusual material for making jewellery. It is a mycelial chord of a tree fungus that forms long tendrils between the bark and the tree.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Armband
Dimensions
Width: 30.0 mm
Diameter: 90.0 mm
Length: 150.0 mm
Material/Technique
Rhizomorphs
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1889

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    25.01.1928
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    New Guinea (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    who
    Pfaff-Giesberg, Robert - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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