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Container for Sour Milk
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This container, similar to ones ("ehoro") used to store sour milk ("omaere") in this region, does not show any sign of wear from use and was probably made to be traded. It is decorated with carvings and pyrography. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Topf
Dimensions
Höhe: 18 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Fire painting, carved
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
F 55144

Provenance and sources

when
20th century

where
Namibia

when
1998
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Provenance
The grandfather of the object donor Anita Hoeft was in unknown employment in "German South-West Africa" between 1904 and 1910 and acquired the object there in an unknown manner. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED

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