Bone earring
Title
Bone earring
Description
Round earring made of bone
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Provenance
Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1931. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.
Place of Creation
Seram (Central)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
2,3 cm (1,7 cm in diameter)
Materials
Bone
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
27244a
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Bone earring,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/362.
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