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Ostrich egg

Data Provider
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
!Kung San
Object type
egg (material)
Dimensions
970 x 157 x 131 mm
Material/Technique
Egg shell, ostrich; fibre, vegetable
Current location
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Inventory number
RJM 43227
Other number(s)
RJM 1950/08 (Convolute number)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late 19th / early 20th century
    where
    Namibia
    historical: German South West Africa
    Africa -> South Africa -> Namibia
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa
  • Change of physical control or legal title:
    Not clarified
    when
    between 1895-1920
    who
  • Change of physical control or legal title:
    Inheritance
    when
    1920
    who
    Trotha, Lothar von - Legators
    Lucy von Trotha - Heirs

Information about the record

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