Necklace

Title

Necklace

Description

Five snail shells and five woven elements in a round shape, alternately threaded on a cord; presumably worn by women

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 June 26 1917

Place of Creation

Misool (Biga district)

Physical Dimensions

25 x 17 x 3,8 cm

Materials

Unknown plant material, snail shell

Collecting Institution

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln

Inventory Number

RJM 33017
(Convolute no.: RJM 1917/01)

Collection

Citation

Unknown , “Necklace,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed May 6, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/68.

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