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Perfume Bottle

The container is made from a calabash gourd (Lagenaria siceraria, also known as "bottle gourd"). Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Kalebasse
Dimensions
Diameter: 7 cm
Height: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash, Wood plugged in, pierced
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
055275

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Bang; 0835
  • Production
    when
    around 1900
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
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
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