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Ear jewellery

Ear jewellery for Naga men. Coloured hair, plant braid, orchid stems

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Naga
Object type
Ear jewellery
Dimensions
Weight: 2 kg
Height: 8,5 cm
Depth: 3 cm
Width: 12,5 cm
Material/Technique
Hair , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 28008 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 19th century
    where
    India
    who
    Naga
  • Collecting
    who
    C. Dowding - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Unknown from C. Dowding 1896
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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