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Barrel-shaped bark container for storing ancestral relics (byeri)
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The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "'ngule malang' (Ngumba), 'Ngule Malenge' (Mabea), 'Ngule Maleng (?)'. 2 fetish figures (male and female) with bark container (in Ngumba: 'shea') for skulls, medicine etc. For explanation see III C 6434 Cylinder 42 cm h[och]. [Symbolic drawing for "male"] Fig. 58 cm, with handle 6 cm longer [=longer]. [Symbolic drawing for "female"] Fig. 53.5 cm h. Ngumba."

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Fang (Pangwe, Fan)
Object type
Container
Dimensions
Gewicht: < 2 kg kg (c)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 42,5 x 29 x 30 cm (c)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: ca. 86 x 45 x 45 cm (Gesamtmaß, a+b+c)
Material/Technique
Bark (tree), Plant fibre , Rattan (Rotang, Rotan), Bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 7628 c
Related object(s)
is related to : Objektbezug: III C 7628 a, Reliquiarfigur (byeri), 19. Jh., Georg Zenker (11.6.1855 - 1922)
Objektbezug: III C 7628 a, Reliquiarfigur (byeri), 19. Jh., Georg Zenker (11.6.1855 - 1922)
is related to : Objektbezug: III C 7628 b, Reliquiarfigur (byeri), 19. Jh., Georg Zenker (11.6.1855 - 1922)
Objektbezug: III C 7628 b, Reliquiarfigur (byeri), 19. Jh., Georg Zenker (11.6.1855 - 1922)

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Cameroon [Land]
who
Ngumba
Fang (Pangwe, Fan)

who
Georg Zenker (1855-06-11 - 1922) - Collectors

Description
Purchase from Zenker, Georg August 1898

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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