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chest ornament

The upper part of the chest ornament consists of two columns of pig tusks arranged horizontally. Above this is a V-shaped braided part made of plant fibres, which is decorated with many beads. Below this are many loose plant fibres arranged evenly.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 3.6 × 23 × 25 cm Partial dimensions (fringes): 0.2 × 14 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre; wet snail; pig tusk; seeds; rattan; putty; wood; glass bead
carved; ground; plaited; drilled
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10905
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D10905

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1911
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Arnold Fabricius - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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