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The large garment is sewn together from numerous narrow cotton strips, leppi. Characteristic embroidery work of the so-called adamava design can be found on the chest. These include, for example, the five squares on the left chest and the spiral motif to the right of the neckline.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Hausa
Object type
Hemd
Dimensions
Breite: 2000.0 mm, Höhe: 1100.0 mm
Material/Technique
Web work
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/0906

Provenance and sources

when
1880 - 1908

when
19.01.1909

where
Cameroon (location/origin)
Africa (location/origin)
Yaoundé (location/origin)
who
Birk, Theodor - Collectors

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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