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Hip apron made of raffia fabric, 5 wide raffia strips towards the bottom and thinner and shorter ones in between, the wide raffia strips are edged with nassa shells and decorated at the ends with parts of conus shells and black fruits, the shorter raffia strips have fur, nassa shells and black fruits, halved koix grains

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Schurz
Dimensions
L 55 cm / B 22 cm
Material/Technique
bast, Nassa snail, fur (hair material), Grass seed, Conus snail, fruit, cowrie shell
sewn
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2072
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 5818
2072

Provenance and sources

when
before 1899
where
Ramu-Mündung

when
before 1899
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Baessler, Arthur - Owners

when
1899
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners

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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CC0 1.0 DEED

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