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Neck ring
Index card "Mbamba. Brass neck ring, ends bent into a hook shape for hooking together. 11 human heads, also made of brass, with high openwork headdresses. Among the Bamum, wearing jewellery is a privilege of the ruling class."
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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Neck ring
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: 5 x 31,5 x 28 cm (Messung am Objekt)
Höhe: die Köpfe je: 7 cm (Angabe laut Hauptkatalog)
Gewicht: 887 g
Durchmesser: Halsring 26,5 cm (Angabe laut Hauptkatalog)
Höhe: die Köpfe je: 7 cm (Angabe laut Hauptkatalog)
Gewicht: 887 g
Durchmesser: Halsring 26,5 cm (Angabe laut Hauptkatalog)
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25123
Provenance and sources
when
around 1900
where
Cameroon [Land]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Description
Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909
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