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Leg can

hollow bone tube, richly decorated (serrated pattern), underside closed with a piece of plant, upper side open, can be closed with a stopper; three wide patterned strips of fine incised technique

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Duala
Object type
Dose
Material/Technique
bone (material), wood (plant material)
Leg carving, scribed
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2480
Other number(s)
2480

Provenance and sources

when
before 1907

where
Kameruner Waldland

when
1900/1901-1907
where
Kamerun
who
Diehl, Adolf - Owners

when
1907
where
Stuttgart
Description
Linden-Museum bought object from A. Diehl.

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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