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Tortoiseshell arm ring

amber-coloured, disc-shaped

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Armring
Dimensions
D 14,5 cm
Material/Technique
tortoise shell
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2163
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 122084
2163

Provenance and sources

when
before 1914
where
Papua-Neuguinea

when
before 1914
where
Papua-Neuguinea
who
Geutner - Owners

when
1914
where
Stuttgart

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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