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Tortoiseshell for arm jewellery

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Tortoiseshell for arm jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 1,5 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Width: 23,6 cm
Weight: 0,5 kg
Material/Technique
Tortoiseshell, Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 41406

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Melanesia
    Northeast New Guinea
    North coast of New Guinea
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    Marta Steinert - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Marta Steinert 1918
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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