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Breast jewellery

Rotang braid with split boar's teeth, nassa snails woven on, red and black seeds glued on; worn by men, part of a festive costume or as war jewellery

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Schmuck
Dimensions
L 28 cm W 21 cm
Material/Technique
rattan, Nassa snail, Eberhauer
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 58
Other number(s)
58 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

Assignment to a curated holding:
Ethnographic study collection
Production
where
Berlin Harbour
Papua-Neuguinea
Neuguinea
Melanesien
Ozeanien
Pazifik
Description
Supplement to the location: under German colonial rule: Berlinhafen
Change of physical control:
Not clarified
when
before September 1909
where
Papua-Neuguinea
Neuguinea
Melanesien
Ozeanien
Pazifik
who
Wahnes, Carl - Owners
Change of physical control:
Purchase
when
29.06.1953
where
Mainz
Rheinland-Pfalz
Deutschland
who
Schneider, Edith - Sellers
Description
E. Schneider (Neu-Isenburg) sold eight properties to JGU Mainz.

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