tunguluasi =Roter Stein

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Earring

The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "Earring made of brass wrapped in a copper wire spiral; with a red stone (tunguluasi). The stone supposedly comes from Umburru near Mangati, where these stones are found, processed and sold for goats. Irangi (Worn by Sultan Muhâmba of Paî in Irangi, eastern slope of the Irangi mountains)".

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Earring
Dimensions
Weight: 0,04 kg
Height: 4,5 cm
Width: 5 cm
Depth: 2,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass, Agate, Copper
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 5208

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    Uhehe
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Glauning, Hans 1897
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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