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Apron for married women

Main catalogue: "Apron made of leather straps with chains made of ostrich eggshells L: 200 cm Herero"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Apron for married women
Dimensions
Weight: 1,7 kg
Height: 3 cm
Width: 100 cm
Depth: 30 cm
Material/Technique
Eggshell (ostrich), Leather , Metal , Glass bead
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 366
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Namibia
    who
    Herero
  • Collecting
    who
    Missionshaus Barmen (Rheinische Missionsgesellschaft) - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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