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chest ornament

The chest ornamentation consists of rows of mock tusks. There are dark brown areas in the centre and on the sides, bordered by nassa snails and decorated with seeds. The outer edges are decorated with fibres.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 2.6 × 22.3 × 23.5 cm Partial dimensions (fringes): 0.1 × 14 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre; wet snail; pig tusk; seeds; rotang; putty; wood
carved; drilled; plaited
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10901
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D10901

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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