Ear jewellery | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Ear jewellery
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.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Ohrschmuck
Dimensions
Länge: 320.0 mm, Durchmesser: 60.0 mm
Material/Technique
Stem
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0825
Provenance and sources
when
05.12.1904
where
New Guinea (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Papua (location/origin)
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