Iron money (bride price) | Photographer: Anika Niemeck
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Iron money (bride price)
The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "'Ngumba'. Iron money for the purchase of the women. [III C 5771] d without wrapping of the iron rods. Lolo village. Ngumba. b-c L: 13-16 cm [added in pencil]".
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cataloguing data
Cultural attribution
Ngumba
Object type
Iron money (bride price)
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: b) 14,5 x 8 x 5 cm (Lagermaß)
Gewicht: 0,1 kg (beide)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: d) 18 x 6,5 x 7 cm (Lagermaß)
Gewicht: 0,1 kg (beide)
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: d) 18 x 6,5 x 7 cm (Lagermaß)
Material/Technique
Plant fibre (oncocalamnus), Iron
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 5771 b,d
Provenance and sources
when
19th century
where
Cameroon [Land]
Sud [Region]
Lolo village [Ort]
who
Ngumba
who
Georg Zenker (1855-06-11 - 1922) - Collectors
Description
Transfer from Zenker, Georg August 1894
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