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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.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

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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