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Human sculpture

Main catalogue: "Wooden carved female figure, with lip peg, face & belly tat[...], eyes represented by 2 horn buttons H: ca 55 cm Mahuta"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Makonde
Object type
Human sculpture
Dimensions
Weight: 2,45 kg
Height: 57 cm
Width: 20 cm
Depth: 19,5 cm
Allgemein: cm H: 55,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Resin , Textile, Mother-of-pearl (?)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 14073

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Makonde
  • Collecting
    who
    Karl Weule (1864-02-29 - 1926-04-19) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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