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chest ornament

Necklace consisting of a white snail shell to which a plant fibre cord is attached. The string is dark brown and rather roughly twisted from two strands. The part of the string directly adjacent to the snail shell is additionally wrapped with fine light brown fibres.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 4 × 5 × 8.7 cm General (cord): 0.5 × 67 cm
Material/Technique
Snail, plant fibre
braided
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D07642
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D07642

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900-1900
    where
    Bismarck Archipelago
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Nauer, Karl - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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