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Waist Adornment

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Schnur
Dimensions
Length: 40 cm
Material/Technique
Leather, Iron, Wood Forged, cut, wrapped
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
055228

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Bang; 0835
  • Production
    when
    around 1900
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
Ferdinand Bang, like his brother-in-law Albert Hoffa, received this collection through the mediation of his friend Dr. Anton Lübbert. Lübbert had established an extensive network of collectors in "German South-West Africa". Text: Christoph Rippe.

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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