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Hair basket

Hat-shaped, embroidered with a chain of plant fibre, nassa snails, beads and feathers, attachment of nassa snails and teeth (pig?), in the inv. book: Sepik added, painted red, 3 blue glass beads, small feathers

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Korb
Dimensions
H 15,5 cm D unten 8,7 cm D oben 4,5 cm
Material/Technique
Liana, Pig's tooth, Shell, feather (material)
braided
Object genre
vessel
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2112
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 83969
2112

Provenance and sources

where
Papua-Neuguinea

where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Häberle, Wilhelm - Owners

where
Stuttgart

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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