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chest ornament

The chest ornament consists of a rod wrapped in rattan with a white snail shell on either side. A braided piece of plant fibre cord hangs downwards, decorated with many nassa snail shells.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 4 × 18.5 × 16.5 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre; Rotang; Ovula snail shell; Wet snail shell carved; drilled; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D00433
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D00433

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1893
    where
    Huon Gulf
  • 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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