Betel Pouch

29-50-569

From: Vogumash | New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-569
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Vogumash | New Guinea
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Fiber | Shell | Tusk | Hair
Description

Of netting, containing clam shell. Ornamented with 5 split boar's tusks and cord-like tresses of human hair. For a man.

Length 7.7 cm
Width 7.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 412 - Other Number

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