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Female sculpture with vessel

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum) (?)
Object type
Female sculpture with vessel
Dimensions
Weight: 5,3 kg
Height: 48 cm
Depth: 26 cm
Width: 33 cm
Material/Technique
Glass beads, Wood, Tin, Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta), Textile
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23816

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Nso (Banzo, Bansso) (?)
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum) (?)
  • Collecting
    who
    Glauning, Hans - Collectors
    Kaiserliches Gouvernement für Kamerun - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase / Estate of the Imperial Government for Cameroon 1910
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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