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chest band

The chest band is made of plant fibres. The top is dark in colour and decorated with a row of snail shells.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 0.7 × 1.8 × 35 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre; snail shell braided
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D12045
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D12045

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    East Sepik
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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