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Bark beater

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wute (Vute, Mbute, Bute)
Object type
Bark beater
Dimensions
Height: 40,5 cm
Width: 8 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 5157

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Wute (Vute, Mbute, Bute)
  • Collecting
    who
    Morgen, Curt von - Collectors
    Kaiserliches Auswärtiges Amt des Deutschen Reiches - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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