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Spoon

This object does not show any sign of wear from use and was probably made for trade. It is decorated with carvings and pyrography. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Löffel
Dimensions
Length: 37 cm
Material/Technique
Wood Fire painting, carved
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
F 55149

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Hoeft; 4269
  • Production
    when
    20th century
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
The grandfather of the object donor Anita Hoeft was in unknown employment in "German South-West Africa" between 1904 and 1910 and acquired the object there in an unknown manner. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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