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Corset

Main catalogue: "Corset made of leather cords, on which slices of ostrich eggshells, fruits and some iron beads are strung; the cords with fruits and iron beads at the top, the ones with slices of ostrich eggshells at the bottom. cf. drawing no. III D 2289. h.: 32 cm dm.: ca 33 cm. Herero"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Corset
Dimensions
Height: 19 cm
Width: 43 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Weight: 2,8 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Iron, Lime (ostrich egg), Fruit peel
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 4213

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Namibia
    who
    Herero
  • Collecting
    who
    Friedrich Joachim von Heydebreck - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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