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Breast jewellery

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The hook-shaped pendant made of whale tooth with bundles of braided hair on both sides was one of the typical jewellery pieces of Hawaiian nobles. In the course of the 19th century whale tooth was increasingly replaced by imported walrus ivory. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Width: 9.5 cm
Height: 24.5 cm
Depth: 4.8 cm
Material/Technique
Human hair , Walzahn, Plant fibre
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
087357

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Offspring; 1316
  • Production
    when
    19th century
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Hawaii
    who
    Krämer, Augustin - Collectors
Provenance
On the way from South America to Sāmoa, Augustin Krämer (1865-1941) spent a short time in Hawai'i in 1897. He established a collection of Hawaiian objects there, 126 of which found their way to the Linden Museum. Text: Ulrich Menter

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