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Heinrich Adolf Meyer and three Swahili measuring elephant tusks

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Measuring elephant tusks on a farm. Heinrich Adolf Meyer and three Swahili are standing in the middle of the goods. Meyer and a Swahili lift out an ivory tooth. One of the teeth is labelled D.O.A:G. 33 zanzibar, i.e. Deutsch Ostafrikanische Companie, ivory tooth no. 33 origin Zanzibar

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Swahîli
Object type
Photography
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII A 20191

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1890
    where
    Tanzania
    Zanzibar (Zanzibar)
    who
    Swahîli
  • Collecting
    who
    A. Nabben - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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