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Ear jewellery

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Ear jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 39,5 cm
Depth: 2,2 cm
Width: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shells , Coconut shell, Tortoiseshell, Iron (?)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 9936

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1887
    where
    Micronesia
    Caroline Islands
    Chuuk
  • Collecting
    who
    Eduard von Arning (1855-06-09 - 1936) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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