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Composed of beads made from ostrich egg shells and plant seeds. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Schmuck
Material/Technique
Ostrich egg, Seeds
pierced, threaded, knotted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
055386

Provenance and sources

when
around 1907 or earlier

where
Namibia

when
1907
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Provenance
Ferdinand Bang, like his brother-in-law Albert Hoffa, received this collection through the mediation of his friend Dr. Anton Lübbert. Lübbert had established an extensive network of collectors in "German South-West Africa". Text: Christoph Rippe.

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED

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