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            Leg Jewelry for a Woman
        
    
Composed of metal beads strung on leather cords. At the time when this object was dispatched to Stuttgart, this kind of body adornment was among the most highly valued personal possessions for a woman in Herero societies. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
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            Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
        
        
            
        
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Cultural attribution
    
            
                
                
                    
                
                
                Herero 
            
        
    Object type
    
            
                
                
                    
                
                
                Gamasche
            
        
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                Length: 29.5 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
    Width: 19.5 cm
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                                Iron , Leather 
Forged, cut, Cord, threaded, bound, bound together
                            
                        
                    
                
                
            
         
    Forged, cut, Cord, threaded, bound, bound together
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                Linden-Museum Stuttgart
            
        
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                055381
            
        
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                                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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