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Dance equipment

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Main catalogue: "Ivory dance instrument like III C 25616 (...It was worn on the left upper arm (the tip is pierced for this purpose) and blown on from time to time. Now apparently out of use). Decoration similar to III C 25619 (decorated with a lizard and 2 spiders)..."

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Dance equipment
Dimensions
Height: 64,5 cm
Diameter: 4,2 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25620

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century - 20th century (beginning)
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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