Bilum

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Net bag made of plant fibres using the loop technique, at the top edge: large pieces of shell, below a decorative strip with cowrie snails, koix grains and blue pearl, further down feather and mussel shell

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
13 x 20 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, seashell, Grass seed, cowrie shell, feather (material), pearl (animal material)
braided
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2077
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 6098
2077

Provenance and sources

when
before 1899
where
Monumbo Bay
Description
Supplement to the location: under German colonial rule: Potsdam harbour

when
before 1899
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Baessler, Arthur - Owners

when
1899
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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