Human sculpture | Photographer: Anika Niemeck
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Human sculpture
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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Utongwe
Object type
Human sculpture
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 56,5 x 15,5 x 15,5 cm (mit Sockel)
Gewicht: 2,8 kg
Gewicht: 2,8 kg
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 8988
Provenance and sources
where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
Lake Tanganyika
who
Wabende (?)
Utongwe
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