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Mug (Oshitenga)

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

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ambo
Object type
Becher
Dimensions
Diameter: 12.5 cm
Height: 16.2 cm
Material/Technique
Wood Fire painting, carved
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
037030

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Hoffa; 0651
  • Production
    when
    around 1900
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
Albert Hoffa was himself born in Richmond (South Africa). Even after moving to Germany, he maintained contact with his family in South Africa, including his sister Harriet. The objects from "German South-West Africa" may have been acquired in part through these contacts, but most were probably acquired through his friend Dr. Anton Lübbert (as in the case of Hoffa's brother-in-law Ferdinand Bang). Lübbert also procured the four "Benin bronzes" contained in the collection from the previous owner Adolph Heemke from Geestemünde. Heemke himself was a merchant in West Africa. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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Legal status metadata
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