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Apron

bound bast bundle, wrapped with firm plant fibre. Cowrie shells attached as decoration

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
(Ndzimu-Gruppe)
Object type
Schurz
Dimensions
L 36 cm
Material/Technique
bast, Plant fibre, cowrie shell, stone (worked rock)
wound, hand-sewn
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2475
Other number(s)
2475 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Kameruner Waldland
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1910
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Preuss, Martin - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1910
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    M. Preuss donated the object to the Linden Museum.
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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CC0 1.0 DEED
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