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Dance equipment

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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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century - 20th century (beginning)
    where
    Cameroon
    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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