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Main catalogue: "Two dolls on camel figure wood, hair, beads, 1 coin H. 13 cm, W. 15.5 cm Zaramo, Tanzania" Two dolls, cylindrical in shape, without limbs, with a few surrounding heels and a few individual contours such as breasts, navel and a cock's comb-like head attachment Haastreifen, are connected with a wooden stick. A camel's head and neck are attached to the stick. Decorated with countless strands of chain, from which a coin also hangs Colour: Dark brown, beads = white, rosê, green blue, red and black Condition: Some edges of the dolls are broken, signs of wear?

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Zaramo
Object type
Sculpture
Dimensions
Weight: 0,2 kg
Height: 13 cm
Width: 17 cm
Depth: 4,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Hair , Glass, Copper
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 19686

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Zaramo
  • Collecting
    who
    Charles Jacques Massar - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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