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Top lid for container

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Large conical lid, entirely set with cowrie shells (two horns on the tip) and with a hanging of glass bead strings fits V B 288 Entry in historical index card: Lid matching VB 288, tall and conical, set with shells and with two horns on the tip, bead trimming and bead hanging Entry in the main historical catalogue: Lid made of shells with two horns cap with pearl trimming and pearl hanging. to 288

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Top lid for container
Dimensions
Length: 37 cm
Width: 23 cm
Height: 21,5 cm
Material/Technique
Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta), Glass beads, Cord
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 289

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Pietzker - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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