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Container for Cosmetic Powder
At the time when this object was dispatched to Stuttgart, in many regions of Namibia, similar cosmetic boxes were used by women, and would often be passed down through the generations along female lines of succession, in some cases to this day. Made from the shell of a small turtle, these private containers for cosmetic, perfumed body powder were sometimes adorned with strings of beads made from various materials strung on leather strings. The object may have been attached to a waist belt. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
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Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Bergdama
- Object type
- Dose
- Dimensions
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Length: 8 cm
Width: 6.2 cm - Material/Technique
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Putty, Turtle shell, Leather
pierced, knotted
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 034434
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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around 1900 or earlier
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Namibia
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Change of physical control
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when
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1903
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- Provenance
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As head of the districts of Otjimbingwe and Karibib, "German South-West Africa", Kuhn undertook more extensive travels on which he also acquired objects. The manner in which he did this is unknown. From the correspondence preserved at the Linden Museum, we learn that Kuhn was in contact with Catholic missionaries in the north and Protestant missionaries in the south. He had encouraged both groups to "collect" for him.
Text: Christoph Rippe.
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- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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