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Breast jewellery

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 18 cm
Width: 15,5 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Weight: 0,126 kg
Material/Technique
Plant fibre , Snail shells
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 16630

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1899
    where
    Melanesia
    Northeast New Guinea
    Tami
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    Merten - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Merten 1899
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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