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Breast pocket

sewn with nassa snails; for tobacco, amulets etc.

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
11.5 cm x 11 cm
Material/Technique
Nassa snail, tapa (bark cloth)
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 54
Other number(s)
54

Provenance and sources

where
Sepik

when
before September 1909
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Wahnes, Carl - Owners

when
29.06.1953
where
Mainz
who
Schneider, Edith - Sellers
Description
E. Schneider (Neu-Isenburg) sold eight properties to JGU Mainz.

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