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Blast furnace slag

Historical main catalogue: "Slag with iron, annealed in an open coal fire; in this state the iron enters the smelting furnace. Hence. [= Mleva's village, Moëndo landscape, Ukimbu]."

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Blast furnace slag
Dimensions
Height: 3 cm
Width: 7,5 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Weight: 0,2 kg
Material/Technique
Iron, Slag
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 8067

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    East Africa
    Tanzania
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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