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Palm wine calabash

Main catalogue: "Large palm wine calabash with braided handle and ring-shaped foot, the latter is patterned in black, as are the connecting strips between the neck and foot. The calabash is burnt with a lizard pattern. H. 51,5 cm. Large diam. 24.5 cm. Bamum"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Palm wine calabash
Dimensions
Height: 51,5 cm
Width: 24,5 cm
Material/Technique
Calabash
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 31318

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Collecting
    who
    Hans Caspar Gans Edler Herr zu Putlitz (1879-06-30 - 1911) - Collectors
    Frau Major von Putlitz - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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