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bangle

Bracelet made from a round piece of polished shell. The structure and color of the shell can still be seen in one place on the outside. The rest of the outside is decorated all around with a fine grid-like incised pattern in a dark color. The word "Nauer" is handwritten in black ink in a widened area on the inside of the ring.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
bracelets (jewelry)
Dimensions
General: 0.8 × 8.9 × 9.8 cm
Material/Technique
Shell ground; scored
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D09420
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D09420

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900-1900
    where
    Papua New Guinea
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Nauer, Karl - Collectors
  • 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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