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Pouch with medicine

Pouch with 2 braided handles, on the front four sticks studded with colourful beads, the one in the top left corner has a cowrie snail in each corner and 2 small beaded handles

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cultural attribution
Nso
Object type
Amulett
Dimensions
L 12 cm / B 10 cm
Material/Technique
Raphia (genus), Glass bead, cowrie shell
hand-sewn, braided, Bead embroidery
Object genre
Miscellaneous
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2394
Other number(s)
2394

Provenance and sources

where
Region Nordwesten

when
before 1903
where
Kamerun
who
Houben, Hans - Role not clarified

when
1903
where
Stuttgart
Description
H. Houben donated the object to the Linden Museum.

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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