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Top lid for container

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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Top lid for container
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 37 x 23 x 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

where
Brazil [Land]

who
Wilhelm Pietzker - Collectors

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