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Ear jewellery

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Ear jewellery for men of the Konyak/Wancho/Nocte Naga (hist. Namsangia)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Namsangia-Naga
Object type
Ear jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 16,5 cm
Width: 10 cm
Depth: 2,3 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Height: 16 cm
Width: 9,5 cm
Depth: 2,4 cm
Material/Technique
Horn (goat), Hair
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28295 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 19th century
    where
    India
    who
    Konyak / Wancho / Nocte
    Namsangia-Naga
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Eduard von Ohlendorff 1896
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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