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This ornament was fastened tightly around a man's neck, so that the carved head is looking upward toward the nape of the neck of the person wearing it. It protected its wearer from enemies and gave him strength and success in battle. Warlike conflicts were banned by the German colonial powers rendering ornaments of this kind redundant. Today, it is only used in ceremonial dances.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Abzeichen
Dimensions
Höhe: 620.0 mm, Breite: 120.0 mm
Material/Technique
Spring
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0476
Provenance and sources
when
around 1900
when
31.07.1907
where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
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