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Cape Cape Cape

The breast ornament is made of tortoiseshell filigree bound onto a polished tridacna shell disc.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 10 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Width: 10,3 cm
Material/Technique
Musselshell (Tridacna), Tortoiseshell
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 13036

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Melanesia
New Ireland
Collecting
who
Georg Schmiele (1855 - 1895-03-03) - Collectors
Martha Schmiele - Former Possessors
Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania

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