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Breast jewellery
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The breastplate is made of a rattan braid and decorated with boar tusks, nassa snail shells, plant seeds and fringes. On ceremonial occasions, these insignia denoting rank were worn by men in Papua New Guinea.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Breite: 230.0 mm, Höhe: 255.0 mm
Material/Technique
Cord
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0014

Provenance and sources

when
End of the 19th century

when
13.10.1898

where
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Aitape (location/origin)
who
Beirer, Robert - Collectors

Provenance
Robert Beirer acquired the object during the German colonial period in Papua New Guinea (1884-1914), where he was in the service of the Imperial Navy for the New Guinea Company from 1893 to 1896. It is not known how he came into possession of the object.

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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