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Knee Adornment
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Beinschmuck
Dimensions
Länge: 41.5 cm, Höhe: 3.4 cm
Material/Technique
Leather
cut
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
055224

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900

where
Namibia

when
1907
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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