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Woven bag

Main catalogue: "Bast bag, gift from the mother of the King of Bamum. Decorated front, light-coloured pattern on a black background. Sewn together from 2 individually woven pieces"

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Woven bag
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite: 56 x 75 cm
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 71 x 75 x 3,5 cm (mit Henkel)
Material/Technique
Raphia (palm tree)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23748

Provenance and sources

when
before 1910
where
Cameroon [Land]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)

who
Glauning, Hans - Collectors
Kaiserliches Gouvernement für Kamerun - Former Possessors

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