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Corset
Composed of ostrich egg shell beads strung on leather and plant fibre cords. At the time when this object was dispatched to Stuttgart, it was most probably considered among the most highly valuable possessions for a woman in Herero societies. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Herero
- Object type
- Korsett
- Dimensions
- Height: 36 cm
- Material/Technique
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Ostrich egg, Leather, Plant fibre
ground, pierced, threaded, knotted
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 055233
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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around 1900 or earlier
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Namibia
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Change of physical control
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when
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1907
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- Provenance
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Ferdinand Bang, like his brother-in-law Albert Hoffa, received this collection through the mediation of his friend Dr. Anton Lübbert. Lübbert had established an extensive network of collectors in "German South-West Africa".
Text: Christoph Rippe.
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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