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Apron

Apron made of plant fibre with lateral bands and strings. This apron would be worn by boys.The object comes from the Robert Beirer collection from Sipplingen, who worked as a stores assistant for the German New Guinea Company at the end of the 19th century and sold a large collection to the Museum für Natur- und Völkerkunde in Freiburg.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Schurz
Dimensions
Width: 160.0 mm
Length: 390.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bast fibre, Bast, Plant material
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0020

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    13.10.1898
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Beirer, Robert - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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