Photographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
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Amulet
Bead-covered amulet on the outside in the shape of a banana cut open lengthways, sewn seamlessly into the lanyard. Amulets are said to confer protection and strength. Diamond patterns (in the shape of cowries?) may indicate wealth and fertility.
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- Data Provider
- Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Amulett
- Material/Technique
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cloth, Glass bead, bast
hand-sewn, Bead embroidery
- Object genre
- ritual object
- Current location
- Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- Inventory number
- JGU ES 2347
- Other number(s)
- 2347 (Old inventory number)
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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before 1911
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Use
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where
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Region NordwestenKamerunZentralafrikaAfrika
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Change of physical control:
Not clarified-
when
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1900/1901-1911
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where
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KamerunZentralafrikaAfrika
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Change of physical control:
Purchase-
when
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1911
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where
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StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDeutschland
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Description
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Linden-Museum bought object from A. Diehl.
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Change of physical control:
Exchange-
when
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15.12.1971
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where
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StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDeutschland
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Description
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JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.
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Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC0 1.0 DEED
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