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The breast ornament is made of tortoiseshell filigree bound onto a polished tridacna shell disc.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 cm
Material/Technique
Musselshell (Tridacna), Tortoiseshell
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 15163

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1897
    where
    Melanesia
    Bismarck Archipelago
    New Ireland
    Gardner
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    Rüdiger - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Rüdiger 1897
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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