ndomi rua

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Dance sign

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"NDOMI 'Rua' dance shield" shape: Approximately oval, but lanceolate at the top and thickened at the bottom to form an arm cuff. In the centre a lanceolate opening (11.5 cm long) Colour: Brown, white, red, black Pattern: Sawtooth rows are arranged all around the central opening. The reverse is divided vertically into two white fields Condition: Slightly damaged.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wakikuyu (Kikuyu)
Object type
Dance sign
Dimensions
Depth: 10 cm
Width: 39,5 cm
Depth: 66 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Bast
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 13557

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    20th century (beginning)
    where
    Kenya
    who
    Wakikuyu (Kikuyu)
  • Collecting
    who
    William Ockelford Oldman (1879 - 1949) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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