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Cap

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Main catalogue: "SYOTU cap woven from raffia fibres covered with cotton fabric and decorated with cowries. Bamum" no measurements

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Cap
Dimensions
Height: 25 cm
Width: 22 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Snail shell (cowrie, Cypraea moneta)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25075

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Cameroon
    Grassland
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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