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Masks collected by Karl von den Steinen during the 2nd Xingu Expedition

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bakairi
Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Height: 32 cm
Width: 23,7 cm
Height: 25 cm
Width: 20,7 cm
Material/Technique
mounted on cardboard
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E 573

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1889
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Xingú
    who
    Carl Günther - Photographers
    Mehinakú
    Bakairi
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    from "made in the museum" 1889
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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