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Kaptang

Chief's mark, sometimes worn over the chest. Name "Kaptang" Description of the slide: Chest ornament "enemy teeth"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ao-Naga
Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Weight: 2 kg
Height: 20,5 cm
Width: 47 cm
Depth: 1,7 cm
Material/Technique
coloured hair, Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta), Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), textile cord/wool, Plant fibre (orchid stems), Brass, Plant mesh
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 8379

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 19th century
    where
    India
    Mailum (Molung Kimong)
    who
    Ao-Naga
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    von Bastian, Adolf (Prof Dr) 1879
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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