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Blowing horn

Main catalogue: "Gift from the chief Joya of Bamum"

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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 cm
Depth: 35 cm
Height: 14 cm
Width: 137 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Depth: 35 cm
Weight: 11,4 kg
Height: 31 cm
Width: 135 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory (Loxodonta africana), ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25930

Provenance and sources

Production
when
19th century
where
Cameroon
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Collecting
who
Seitz, Theodor - Former Possessors
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
Description
Donation / transfer from Theodor Seitz 1910
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa

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