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Main catalogue: "Ivory dance instrument like III C 25616 (...It was worn on the left upper arm (the tip is pierced for this purpose) and blown on from time to time. Now apparently out of use). Decorated with 2 single lizards."

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Dance equipment
Dimensions
Höhe x Durchmesser: 63,5 x 3,2 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25618

Provenance and sources

when
19th century - 20th century (beginning)
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)

who
Ankermann, Bernhard - Collectors

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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