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Doll

Doll. Woman with child, wood covered with red calico, nailed, from... Strings of cowrie shells (Karteik. Berlin). Wooden doll covered with red calico and studded with brass buttons; decorated with leather strips and cowrie strings (Vienna index card). Entry in the main historical catalogue: Doll, covered with shells Fruit like no. 321, with wooden head covered with shells.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
"afro-brasilianisch"
Object type
Doll
Dimensions
Length: 15 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height: 8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Calico, dyed red, Brass nails, Leather, dyed red, Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta), Brass wire
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 302
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    who
    "afro-brasilianisch"
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Pietzker - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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