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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Wabende
Object type
Female figure
Dimensions
Gewicht: 7,4 kg
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 68,5 x 24 x 21 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 8986

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
Kawende
who
Utongwe
Wabende

who
Bischoff, Josef - Collectors

where
Eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika

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