Mbamba

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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
Neck ring
Dimensions
Height: 5 cm
Width: 31,5 cm
Depth: 28 cm
Depth: 7 cm
Weight: 887 g
Diameter: 26,5 cm
Material/Technique
Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25123

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    around 1900
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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