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Penis jewellery

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Penis jewellery
Dimensions
Height: 6 cm
Depth: 3,3 cm
Width: 4,3 cm
Material/Technique
Snail shell (ovula ovum)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 2032

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1877
    where
    Melanesia
    Admiralty Islands
    Papua New Guinea
    who
    Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm (1847-09-11 - 1875-09-13)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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