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except for d and e, free-standing human figures, all with necklaces of glass beads, a, d, f with hats, female figures d and e with hairstyles of plant stems, wrapped with string, two plaits to the left and right of the face, two at the back of the head, eyes of metal plates, leather hats, bracelets (horn? wood? metal?); original label with inscription "Carver carved his entire family as individual figures to order"

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kwanyama
Object type
Holzfigur
Dimensions
H in cm: 52, 59, 66, 69, 82, 85, 93
Material/Technique
wood (plant material), leather, metal, glass (material)
carved, mounted
Object genre
sculpture
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2884
Other number(s)
2884 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    when
    ca. 1934
    where
    Omafo
    Namibia
    Südliches Afrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1972
    who
    Ethnografische Studiensammlung, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz - Owners
    Description
    After Georg Boss's death in 1972, the object remained in the Ethnographic Study Collection as a gift. There are no documents relating to this agreement in the collection files (Brandstetter, Anna-Maria, Kolonialwaren, 2018).
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    ca. 1934
    where
    Namibia
    Südliches Afrika
    Afrika
    who
    Boss, Georg - Owners
  • when
    1954
    who
    Boss, Georg
    Description
    Georg Boss gave the object to the Ethnographic Study Collection in 1954, together with 79 other objects, initially as a permanent loan. There are no documents relating to this agreement in the collection files (Brandstetter, Anna-Maria, Kolonialwaren, 2018).

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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