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warrior's neck ornament

The warrior’s neck ornament consists of a piece of wood with the shape of a head carved on the upper end. The lower end is decorated with frigate bird feathers. The neck is decorated in red, white and blue beads. On top of the carved head is another smaller head.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Dimensions
General: 13 x 12 x 52.5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood; feather; glass bead; plant fibre carved
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10801
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D10801

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1913
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • 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
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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