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Iron money (bride price)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ngumba
Object type
Iron money (bride price)
Dimensions
Weight: 0,1 kg
Height: 17 cm
Width: 9 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre (oncocalamnus), Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 5771 c

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Cameroon
    Sud
    Lolo village
    who
    Ngumba
  • Collecting
    who
    Georg Zenker (1855-06-11 - 1922) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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