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Mesh basket

decorated with 4 large shells

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
L 25 cm B oben 27 cm B unten 40 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, Snail shell
braided
Object genre
vessel
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2123
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 23013
2123

Provenance and sources

when
before March 1902
where
Waria River

when
before March 1902
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Erste Deutsche Südsee-Expedition; Bruno Mencke - Owners

when
March 1902
where
Stuttgart

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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