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Main catalogue: "2 small grave figures: 36 cm and 32 cm high. c large grave figure, 86 cm high with zinc eyes and [...] arms and legs. c.) according to 2583/09 returned to Stuhlmann" a,b) Two abstract human replicas, slightly weathered, with grey patina c) Grave figure with zinc eyes, h.: 86 cm missing Condition: cracked. Both were subsequently and improperly sawn square at the foot and inserted into a base plate (a).

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Zaramo
Object type
Gravestone figures
Dimensions
Height: 31,5 cm
Width: 8 cm
Depth: 10,5 cm
Weight: 0,7 kg
Height: 38 cm
Width: 10 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Weight: 1,1 kg
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Depth: cm
Width: cm
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Depth: cm
Width: cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 3593 a-c

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
who
Zaramo
who
Stuhlmann, Franz - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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