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Nose jewellery

Asmat men and women in southwest New Guinea wore nose pins as a piercing through the nasal septum. A special detail here is a striking red seed capsule inserted into the bridge section.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Nose jewellery
Dimensions
Length: 120.0 mm
Diameter: 20.0 mm
Material/Technique
Seeds, Bones
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2157

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Swap
    when
    13.12.1971
    who
    Privatbesitz - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    New Guinea (location/origin)
    Asmat (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Papua (location/origin)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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