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Magic utensils

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Historical main catalogue: "1st piece of bird 'mfuanze-king' 2nd [piece of] beetle 'Ewesche' 3. 2 pieces of stone 'snuko' 4. 4 teeth If someone is on a 'buoy' and you would like to see him again, this is rubbed together and smeared under the left armpit. He will then come back by himself. (From the pharmacy of the sorcerer Msafiri. Uha"

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Magic utensils
Dimensions
Height: 7 cm
Width: 5,5 cm
Depth: 5 cm
Height: 2,5 cm
Width: 1 cm
Depth: 2,5 cm
Objektmaß: cm H: 5,9 cm (h)
Height: 6,3 cm
Width: 4 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Objektmaß: cm H: 1,5 cm (a)
Height: 1,7 cm
Width: 1,3 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Height: 5,8 cm
Width: 1,8 cm
Depth: 1,3 cm
Objektmaß: cm H: 6,8 cm (f)
Height: 5,8 cm
Width: 2,5 cm
Depth: 1,5 cm
Objektmaß: cm H: 6,8 cm (c)
Weight: 0,15 kg
Objektmaß: cm H: 6 cm (g)
Objektmaß: cm H: 2,5 cm (d)
Material/Technique
Tooth (animal) , Crystal, Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 11097 a-h
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
  • Collecting
    who
    Ernst von Berger - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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