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armband

The armband consists of red, tan and black plant fibres that are woven together to for the band. The bottom portion retains the cylindrical shape while the top portion branches out to several triangle points. The boarder of the points and upper armband are decorated in small white shells.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
bracelets (jewelry)
Dimensions
General: 13 × 7 × 7.3 cm
Material/Technique
plant fibre; mussel disc; coix fruit; wood; feather
braided
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D09929
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D09929

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1893
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Kapitän Rohde - Former Possessors
    Kapitän Rohde - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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