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Belt, wide
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Gürtel
Dimensions
Höhe: 10.3 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, Ostrich eggshell
ground, pierced, threaded, knotted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
117840

Provenance and sources

where
Namibia

when
1940
Provenance
Since Berger himself was a member of the "Schutztruppe" in "German South-West Africa" from 1901, it can be assumed that he acquired objects in situ himself. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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