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kavia (pendant), malimali (necklace)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Abelam
Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 23,5 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Width: 11,7 cm
Weight: 0,05 kg
Material/Technique
Plant fibre , Musselshell (Cymbium), Conch shell (Conus)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 48447

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1967
    where
    Melanesia
    Northeast New Guinea
    Maprik
    Kalabu I
    Papua New Guinea
    who
    Vater der Moliguen - Makers
    Abelam
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Gerd Koch 1967
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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