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Reliquary figure (byeri)

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

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ntumu
Object type
Reliquary figure (byeri)
Dimensions
Gewicht: < 2 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 77 x 16 x 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

when
19th century
where
Cameroon [Land/Region]
Gabon [Land/Region]
who
Ngumba
Ntumu

who
Georg Zenker (1855-06-11 - 1922) - Collectors

Description
Donation from Zenker, Georg August 1904

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