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Breast jewellery

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Depth: 1,5 cm
Width: 22 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre , Snail shell discs (Nassa), Animal teeth (dog)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 57535

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Melanesia
    West New Guinea
    who
    Asmat
  • Collecting
    who
    Rüdiger Vogel - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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