Chest ornament with two striking snails connected by a cylindrical braid of brown plant fibres. Between the cylindrical connection, smaller white snails hang from strings that form loops. Two of these loops reach further down than the other snail loops and form a striking suspension point. One of these loops is a darker red colour, the other a lighter brown. Several strings decorated with dried plant material and snails hang from the ends of these long loops. A cardboard label attached to the object bears the stamp "Schauinslandreise 1906" on one side and the handwritten note "Maulschmuck / Dallmannshafen / (Neu-Guinea)" on the other. How did the object end up in the Übersee-Museum? This collection goes back to the collecting trip of the museum director Hugo Schauinsland in 1905/06. He travelled through parts of Asia (Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand, China, Korea, Japan, Borneo, Sulawesi) and the Pacific, in particular the colonies of the German Empire there (New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago). Parts of the collection created on this journey were the work of other collectors whom Schauinsland commissioned for this purpose.