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Hat

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Mütze
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 cm
Material/Technique
Grass seed, Cobwebs, Textile glued
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
040939

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Staudinger; 0692
  • Production
    when
    (?)
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
Although Staudinger undertook extensive journeys to African countries, a direct connection to "German South-West Africa" has not yet been proven. Staudinger states that the hats were "collected before the [Herero] uprising" (before 1904), but not where or by whom. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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