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Arm ring

Arm ring for the upper arm made from shell material (trochus) with fine, incised black ornamentation. The rings were worn by men and women on the upper arm and were considered very valuable. Their manufacture was very time consuming. Usually, individual turns were knocked off the shell and polished to expose the mother-of-pearl layer - work performed by women. Men added the incised patterns on the outside. Ownership rights existed on the patterns.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Armring
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 105.0 mm
Material/Technique
Shell
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0610

Provenance and sources

when
20.09.1902

where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)

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