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pendant

The jewellery in the form of a pendant consists of a white snail or shell. There is a hanging hole in the upper third. There are four acute-angled prongs and a larger hole in the centre of the pendant. The lower part is semi-circular.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
pendants (jewelry)
Dimensions
General: 5.5 x 1.5 x 6 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell carved; drilled
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D07376
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D07376

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1910
    where
    Bougainville
  • Change of physical control
    when
    not documented
    who
    Ludwig Cohn - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections
Secondary literature
Ribbe Dresden 1903: S. 123

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