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Power object in the shape of an animal
The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "War fetish. bumba. a) large ring made of pipe, 54 cm long. b) wooden cock, alerts the village when the enemy approaches and protects against burning. 12 cm h. Loango.".
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
Power object in the shape of an animal
Dimensions
Height: 12 cm
Width: 4,7 cm
Depth: 7,7 cm
Weight: 0,058 kg
Width: 4,7 cm
Depth: 7,7 cm
Weight: 0,058 kg
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 10742 b
Provenance and sources
where
Congo [Fluss]
who
Robert Visser (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@174fc9a4 - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@3de40016) - Collectors
Description
Purchase from Robert Visser 1899
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