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Mug

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

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Becher
Dimensions
Width: 9.8 cm
Height: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Wood Fire painting, carved, scribed
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
117833

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Berger; 2052
  • Production
    when
    around 1940
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
Since Berger himself was a member of the "Schutztruppe" in "German South-West Africa" from 1901, it can be assumed that he acquired objects in situ himself. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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