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Doll
Main catalogue: "Doll, wood (beaded trunk) decorated with shell or ostrich egg and glass beads. Carried on the back like a child by unmarried [women] in duiker skin. If the doll is lost, the girl becomes infertile. If married, the doll is inherited. Apron: Labbi. H: 32.5 cm ca 1912 collected. Ovambo b. Tsumeb (Otavi mining railway company)"
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Ovambo
Object type
Doll
Dimensions
Height: 39,5 cm
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 8,5 cm
Weight: 1,05 kg
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 8,5 cm
Weight: 1,05 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Glass, Metal , Mother-of-pearl (?), Plant fibre , Textile, Eggshell
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 4573
Provenance and sources
where
Namibia [Land]
Tsumeb [Stadt (oder Gemeinde)]
who
Ovambo
who
Meissner - Collectors
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