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silgu, (bafatagua)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Abelam
Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Height: 29 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Width: 25 cm
Weight: 0,1 kg
Material/Technique
Plant material (Lygodium), Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 48580

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1960s
    where
    Melanesia
    Northeast New Guinea
    Maprik
    Kalabu I
    Papua New Guinea
    who
    Urasil - Makers
    Abelam
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Gerd Koch 1967
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
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