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originally four snail parts, knotted together with plant fibre, two parts on each side

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Schmuck
Dimensions
a) 4 cm; b) 3,3 cm; c) 2,7 cm
Material/Technique
Nassa snail
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2144
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 2344/104
2144

Provenance and sources

when
before winter 1960
where
Sepik-Region

when
before winter 1960
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Markert, Günter - Owners

when
Winter 1960/61
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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