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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)
Height: 42,5 cm
Width: 29 cm
Depth: 30 cm
Height: 86 cm
Width: 45 cm
Depth: 45 cm
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)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Ngumba
    Fang (Pangwe, Fan)
  • Collecting
    who
    Georg Zenker (1855-06-11 - 1922) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Zenker, Georg August 1898
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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