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Female figure

Main catalogue: "Wooden figure, female. When a sultan died, such a figure was carved from urua; a slave was slaughtered over it. The figure was found lying in a round hut with figures III E. 68 cmtr high. Utongwe (honeycomb)"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wabende
Object type
Female figure
Dimensions
Weight: 7,4 kg
Height: 68,5 cm
Width: 24 cm
Depth: 21 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 8986

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Tanzania
    Kawende
    who
    Utongwe
    Wabende
  • Finding
    where
    Eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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