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Belly net bag made of plant fibres using the loop technique, back side in one colour, front side in three colours and decorated with three rows of coix grains and 5 large shells, the upper edge and the holder are crocheted, loose cord with a blue bead and white shell remnants

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
without holder 20 x 20 cm; tapering towards the top
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, Grass seed, seashell braided, crochet (needlework)
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2079
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 6160 (Old inventory number)
2079 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    when
    before 1899
    where
    Berlin Harbour
    Papua-Neuguinea
    Neuguinea
    Melanesien
    Ozeanien
    Pazifik
    Description
    Supplement to the location: under German colonial rule: Berlinhafen
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1899
    where
    Papua-Neuguinea
    Neuguinea
    Melanesien
    Ozeanien
    Pazifik
    who
    Baessler, Arthur - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    1899
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    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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