mpingo mapingo

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Ear plugs

The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: " 'mpingo (mapingo). 4 wooden ear pegs (b covered with tin foil). 5.3 cm diam. Same [as III E 8524 = Kinyangiri, Iramba].".

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Ear plugs
Dimensions
Height: 1,5 cm
Width: 3,7 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Height: 2,3 cm
Width: 5,2 cm
Depth: 5,2 cm
Height: 1,1 cm
Width: 3,2 cm
Depth: 3,2 cm
Weight: 0,025 kg
Weight: 0,009 kg
Weight: 0,02 kg
Weight: 0,004 kg
Height: 1,85 cm
Width: 5,2 cm
Depth: 5,2 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Tin
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 8525 a-d

Provenance and sources

where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
who
Glauning, Hans - Collectors
Description
Donation from Glauning, Hans 1900

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