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Hairpin

Hairpin is made of bone, rod and rounded flat head, circles on rounded flat head, dyed with black colour or burn-in pattern

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Fulani
Object type
Haarnadel
Dimensions
L 14 cm
Material/Technique
Bone/leg (animal)
Leg carving
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2395
Other number(s)
2395

Provenance and sources

where
Region Adamawa

when
before 1903
where
Kamerun
who
Houben, Hans - Role not clarified

when
1903
where
Stuttgart
Description
H. Houben donated the object to the Linden Museum.

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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