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Doll

Doll (fetish), face covered with red leather, with strings of cowrie shells Entry in historical file card: Doll, ( fetish ? ) fruit, covered with red leather, with strings of cowrie shells. Entry in the historical main catalogue: Doll, covered with shells Fruit like No. 321, with wooden head covered with shells.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Doll
Dimensions
Length: 13,5 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Leather, natural and red coloured, Cord, Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta), Brass knobs, Cotton
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 299

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Pietzker - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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