Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads

Made:
1871-1925
Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads

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Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads
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Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads, used as pubic ornament, from German New Guinea, 1871-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657257
Materials:
shell, beads, glass and fibre
type:
shells
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)