Bililik
Language: Austronesian
Hip jewellery
Hip cord twisted from plant fibre and set with two rows of nassa snails, hanger with 7 rows, also set with nassa snails, 9 teeth attached in the middle, part of a conus snail (cone snail) attached at the lower end, three cords with glass beads (blue, yellow, red, white) on each side.
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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Körperschmuck
Dimensions
L 48 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, Nassa snail, , Glass bead, Conus snail
turned, threaded
turned, threaded
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 1642
Other number(s)
1642
Provenance and sources
where
Insel Siar
when
1888-1904
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Bergmann, Karoline (1864 - 1952) - Owners
Description
K. Bergmann acquired the property together with her husband Gustav Bergmann.
when
1950
who
Bergmann, Karoline (1864 - 1952) - Donors
Description
Karoline Bergmann donated 13 objects to JGU Mainz.
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