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nose ornament

The nose peg consists of a polished rod made of Tridacna. The rod is pointed at one end and becomes flatter towards the other. One end is pierced. A string with beads and shell discs is threaded through this hole. There is a hatched incised pattern on the staff.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
jewelry worn on the head
Dimensions
General: 1 x 15.3 cm
Material/Technique
Glass bead; String; Snail carved; painted; drilled; rope work
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D06835
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D06835

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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