D00426 Penis jewellery | mana | Rights management: Übersee-Museum Bremen
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D00426 penis shell
Penis ornament made from a shell of an ovula snail. The inner coils have been knocked out. The curved upper side is completely covered with a dark, raised, hatched incised pattern. A ribbon pattern adorns the ornament from left to right. There are also pairs of opposing triangles whose bases point towards each other. The ornament is used by adult men during ceremonial dances.
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Object type
penis shell
Dimensions
General: 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell; soot [?]; manganese earth [?] | scratch
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D00426
Provenance and sources
when
1800-1893 (?)
who
Rohde (Kapitän)
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