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penis shell

Penis ornament made from a shell of an ovula snail. The inner coils have been knocked out. The curved upper side is completely covered with a dark, raised, hatched incised pattern. A ribbon pattern adorns the ornament from left to right. There are also pairs of opposing triangles whose bases point towards each other. The ornament is used by adult men during ceremonial dances.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
worn costume accessories
Dimensions
General: 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell; soot [?]; manganese earth [?] scribed
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D00426
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D00426

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1893
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Kapitän Rohde - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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