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Neck pouch

Chest bag crocheted from plant fibre with a long holder, strings are attached to the lower end on which koix seeds and plant seeds are threaded

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Beutel
Dimensions
12 x 7.5 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, Grass seed, seed (material)
crochet (needlework), threaded
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2097
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 92628 (Old inventory number)
2097 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

when
before 1912
where
Sepik-Region
where
Stuttgart
when
1912/13
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Berliner Sepik-Expedition 1912/13 - Owners
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
Came to Mainz "together with 636 other objects in exchange for 732 objects from Pakistan and Afghanistan" (Brandstetter, Hierholzer 2018).

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