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Reliquary figure (byeri)

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The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "Figure, with brass jewellery Ngumba.".

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ntumu
Object type
Reliquary figure (byeri)
Dimensions
Weight: 2 kg
Height: 77 cm
Width: 16 cm
Depth: 17 cm
Material/Technique
Feathers (grey parrot; Psittacus erithacus), Wood, Brass, Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 18066

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Cameroon
    Gabon
    who
    Ngumba
    Ntumu
  • Collecting
    who
    Georg Zenker (1855-06-11 - 1922) - Collectors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Donation from Zenker, Georg August 1904
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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