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Ear jewellery

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Ear jewellery worn by the Asmat menfolk from southwest New Guinea in what is the Indonesian part today. The ring with which the string of plant seed beads is attached to the ear, is also made of vegetable material. Normally, flexible quills were used.This and other objects were donated to the museum in 1904 by the city councillor and publisher, Hermann Herder.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Ohrschmuck
Dimensions
Length: 320.0 mm
Diameter: 60.0 mm
Material/Technique
Seeds, Coix, Plant fibre, Stem
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0825

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    05.12.1904
    who
    Herder, Hermann - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    New Guinea (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Papua (location/origin)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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