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plaited raffia hat with shield at the back, reinforced with wooden sticks, crest (lengthwise) made of raffia, shell band crosswise, ending in plaits (5 per side; approx. 30 cm long), forehead decorated with glass bead loops (red and blue), two rows of buttons on top

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
(Fang)
Object type
Kopfschmuck
Dimensions
U approx. 58 cm
Material/Technique
bast, cowrie shell, Glass bead, Button, wood (plant material), skin (collagenous material), fur (hair material)
braided, knotted, threaded, hand-sewn
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2447
Other number(s)
2447 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Kameruner Waldland
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1908
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Dorbritz, Paul - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1908
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
    Description
    P. Dorbritz donated the object to the Linden Museum.
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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