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Copper Anklet for a Woman (Ongondo)

Historical research carried out by the Museums Association of Namibia (see publication 2019, available online) attributes the production of this kind of anklet for women exclusively to blacksmiths active in the Ondonga Owambo kingdom at the time when this object was dispatched to Stuttgart. They also produced them for sale and their customers would have payed quite a high price for them. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Ambo
Object type
Foot ring
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 12.9 cm
Material/Technique
Copper, Copper alloy
Forged
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
036963

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900

where
Namibia

when
1904
Provenance
Albert Hoffa was himself born in Richmond (South Africa). Even after moving to Germany, he maintained contact with his family in South Africa, including his sister Harriet. The objects from "German South-West Africa" may have been acquired in part through these contacts, but most were probably acquired through his friend Dr. Anton Lübbert (as in the case of Hoffa's brother-in-law Ferdinand Bang). Lübbert also procured the four "Benin bronzes" contained in the collection from the previous owner Adolph Heemke from Geestemünde. Heemke himself was a merchant in West Africa. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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