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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Ao-Naga
Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Gewicht: < 2 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 20,5 x 47 x 1,7 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 20,5 x 47 x 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
when
2nd half of the 19th century
where
India [Land]
Mailum (Molung Kimong) [Dorf]
who
Ao-Naga
Description
von Bastian, Adolf (Prof Dr) 1879
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