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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.
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Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Nose jewellery
Dimensions
Length: 120.0 mm
Diameter: 20.0 mm
Diameter: 20.0 mm
Material/Technique
Seeds, Bones
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2157
Provenance and sources
when
13.12.1971
who
Privatbesitz - Former Possessors
where
New Guinea (location/origin)
Asmat (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Papua (location/origin)
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