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Spoon
This object does not show any sign of wear from use and was probably made for trade. It is decorated with carvings and pyrography. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Löffel
Dimensions
Länge: 36.5 cm, Breite: 6.2 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Fire painting, carved, pierced
Fire painting, carved, pierced
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
F 55150
Provenance and sources
Provenance
The grandfather of the object donor Anita Hoeft was in unknown employment in "German South-West Africa" between 1904 and 1910 and acquired the object there in an unknown manner.
Text: Christoph Rippe.
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