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Ear jewellery

Round ear jewellery woven from plant fibre and set with half a koix grain at regular intervals

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Ohrschmuck
Dimensions
U 73 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre
braided
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2167
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 115354
2167

Provenance and sources

when
before 1936
where
Wewak
Description
Supplement to the location: under German colonial rule: Dallmannhafen

when
before 1936
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Oberrealschule Friedrichshafen (Wall) - Owners

when
1936
where
Stuttgart

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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