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Human sculpture

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Main catalogue: "Holzfigur vergl. III E 8986 [= 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]. 53 cm high, very similar to III E 8987, but without a stick. Utongwe"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Utongwe
Object type
Human sculpture
Dimensions
Height: 56,5 cm
Width: 15,5 cm
Depth: 15,5 cm
Weight: 2,8 kg
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 8988

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    Lake Tanganyika
    who
    Wabende (?)
    Utongwe
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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