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Ear jewellery
narrow horn stick, knotted chain made from woven wet snails
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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Ohrschmuck
Dimensions
L 12,5 cm
Material/Technique
horn (animal material), Nassa snail
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2145
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 2344/106
2145
2145
Provenance and sources
when
before winter 1960
where
Sepik-Region
when
before winter 1960
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Markert, Günter - Owners
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
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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