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Ankle and Leg Jewelry for a Woman
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Composed of metal beads strung on cords of leather. At the time when these particular objects were dispatched to Stuttgart, this kind of body adornment was among the most highly valued personal possessions for a woman in Herero societies. [SF]

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Beinschmuck
Material/Technique
Iron, Brass , Leather
Brass wire, Forged, cut, Cord, threaded, bound, bound together
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
016162 a+b

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900 or earlier

where
Namibia

when
1901
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED

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