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Decorative comb

Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Object type
combs (hair ornaments)
Dimensions
19 x 152 x 66 mm
Material/Technique
Fibre, vegetable; Putty, organic; pigment; Binder, organic; Feather
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 8341
Other number(s)
RJM 1902/26 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    around 1900
    where
    Papua New Guinea
    historical: German New Guinea
    Oceania -> Melanesia -> Bismarck Archipelago -> Admiralty Islands -> St. Andrew's Group
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
  • Change of physical control or legal title:
    Not clarified
    who
    Curt Danneil (1865 - 1919)
  • Change of physical control or legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    1903-04-03
    who
    Julius Rautenstrauch - Buyers
    Curt Danneil (1865 - 1919) - Sellers

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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