Photographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalPhotographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalAmulet
Banana-shaped amulet studded with rows of pearls on the outside, sewn into the neck strap, with a round red fabric attachment in the centre. Amulets are said to confer strength and protection; diamond patterns (in the shape of cowries?) may indicate wealth and fertility.
- Data Provider
- Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Amulett
- Material/Technique
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cloth, pearl (animal material), bast
hand-sewn, Bead embroidery
- Object genre
- ritual object
- Current location
- Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- Inventory number
- JGU ES 2348
- Other number(s)
- 2348 (Old inventory number)
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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before 1911
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Use
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where
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Region NordwestenKamerunZentralafrikaAfrika
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Change of physical control:
Not clarified-
when
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1900/1901-1911
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where
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KamerunZentralafrikaAfrika
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Change of physical control:
Purchase-
when
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1911
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where
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StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDeutschland
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Description
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Linden-Museum bought object from A. Diehl.
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Change of physical control:
Exchange-
when
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15.12.1971
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where
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StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDeutschland
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Description
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JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.
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Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC0 1.0 DEED
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