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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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Object type
Abzeichen
Dimensions
Height: 620.0 mm
Width: 120.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bird feather, Wood, Glass beads, Pedigree cane, Spring
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0476

Provenance and sources

Production
when
around 1900
Change of legal title:
Purchase
when
31.07.1907
who
Plähn, Rudolf - Former Possessors
Change of physical control or legal title
where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
who
Lebahn, Wilhelm - Collectors
Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania

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