Amulet
Title
Amulet
Description
Bird's beak
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln
Provenance
Acquired from the collector and donated to the museum by the association "Verein zur Förderung des Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums" on November 13 1915
Place of Creation
Seram
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
13 x 16 x 5,2 cm
Collecting Institution
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln
Inventory Number
RJM 32529
(Convolute no.: RJM 1915/03)
(Convolute no.: RJM 1915/03)
Collection
Citation
Unknown , “Amulet,” 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/57.
Comments
May
I really enjoyed looking through this archive! This is the casque of Blyth’s hornbill or Papuan hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus).
https://www.rekoforest.org/field-stories/the-13-hornbills-of-indonesia/"Occurring in the easternmost regions of Indonesia, the species is popularly known by its local name: Kokomo. Since 2004, Blyth’s hornbill or Papuan hornbill has been listed as Least Concern (LC) in the IUCN Red List."