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Doll

Doll consisting of a fruit covered in red leather decorated with cowrie shells. A wooden cone, also covered with leather, decorated with cowries and brass nails is inserted into it; cowrie chains threaded onto leather are attached to this wooden cone. ( Vienna index)

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
"afro-brasilianisch"
Object type
Doll
Dimensions
Länge x Breite x Höhe: 14,5 x 10 x 9 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Leather , Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta), Brass, Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 298
Related object(s)
is related to : Objektbezug: V B 302, Puppe, Wilhelm Pietzker (1880)
Objektbezug: V B 302, Puppe, Wilhelm Pietzker (1880)

Provenance and sources

where
Brazil [Land]
Brazil [Land]
Rio Grande de Sul [Region]
who
"afro-brasilianisch"

who
Wilhelm Pietzker - Collectors

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