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Breast jewellery

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Breast jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 29 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Width: 21,5 cm
Weight: 0,425 kg
Material/Technique
Snail shell (ovula ovum), Plant fibre , Mussel shell , Feathers
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 20035
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1901
    where
    Melanesia
    Northeast New Guinea
    Finschhafen
    Papua New Guinea
  • Collecting
    who
    I.G. Pfalzer - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from I.G. Pfalzer 1901
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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