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Ekwamo

Main catalogue: "onmtombo body belt, which is put on by the woman during intercourse Herero"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Corset
Other title
Omutombo (laut Curt von Francois, 1891)
Dimensions
Weight: 0,9 kg
Height: 24 cm
Width: 46 cm
Depth: 6,5 cm
Material/Technique
Leather , Iron, Eggshell (ostrich), Plant material
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 1509

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1891
    where
    Namibia
    who
    Herero
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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