ngule malang ngule malenge

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Reliquary figure (byeri)
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The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "'ngule malang' (Ngumba), 'Ngule Malenge' (Mabea), 'Ngule Maleng (?)'. 2 fetish figures (male and female) with bark container (in Ngumba: 'shea') for skulls, medicine etc. For explanation see III C 6434 Cylinder 42 cm h[och]. [Symbolic drawing for "male"] Fig. 58 cm, with handle 6 cm longer [=longer]. [Symbolic drawing for "female"] Fig. 53.5 cm h. Ngumba."

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Cultural attribution
Ngumba
Object type
Reliquary figure (byeri)
Dimensions
Height: 66 cm
Width: 15 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Weight: kg
Height: 86 cm
Width: 45 cm
Depth: 45 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Brass
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 7628 a
Related object(s)
is related to : Objektbezug: III C 7628 b, Reliquiarfigur (byeri), 19. Jh., Georg Zenker (11.6.1855 - 1922)
Objektbezug: III C 7628 b, Reliquiarfigur (byeri), 19. Jh., Georg Zenker (11.6.1855 - 1922)
is related to : Objektbezug: III C 7628 c, Behälter, Tonnenförmiger Rindenbehälter zu Aufbewahrung von Ahnenreliquien (byeri), 19. Jh., Georg Zenker (11.6.1855 - 1922)
Objektbezug: III C 7628 c, Behälter, Tonnenförmiger Rindenbehälter zu Aufbewahrung von Ahnenreliquien (byeri), 19. Jh., Georg Zenker (11.6.1855 - 1922)

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
Cameroon [Land]
who
Ngumba
who
Georg Zenker (de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$Begin@46e534ad - de.fiz.ddb.model.ddbobject.WhenType$End@38959773) - Collectors
Description
Purchase from Zenker, Georg August 1898

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