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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
"afro-brasilianisch"
Object type
Doll
Dimensions
Length: 14,5 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height: 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)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Grande de Sul
    who
    "afro-brasilianisch"
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Pietzker - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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