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Headgear (Chief, Dance)

Index card "Dance cap. Stiff brim. Cord braid overlaid with dark blue cotton fabric and red woollen fabric. Bead pattern: light blue, dark blue, black. (Orig: Ang: bag with beads)"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Headgear (Chief, Dance)
Dimensions
Height: 51 cm
Depth: 10 cm
Width: 35 cm
Height: 29 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Width: 35 cm
Material/Technique
Textile, Glass beads
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23744

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900 (um)
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Collecting
    who
    Glauning, Hans - Collectors
    Kaiserliches Gouvernement für Kamerun - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase / Estate of the Imperial Government for Cameroon 1910
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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