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chest ornament

The chest ornament consists of an elongated piece of bark bast with an irregular shape. The jewellery is partially decorated with snail shells on the front.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: approx. 22 × 4 × 74 cm
Material/Technique
bark cloth; snail; plant fibre knotted; braided
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D07185
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D07185

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    East Sepik
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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