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Main catalogue: "Large chair, carried by an animal, an elephant on one side and a panther on the other. The whole chair including the seat is covered with tinfoil. H. 43 br. d. seat 47 cm. Banso?"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamileke (Bamiléké) (?)
Object type
Stool
Dimensions
Diameter: 38,8 cm
Weight: 12,4 kg
Diameter: 46,5 cm
Height: 43,5 cm
Width: 44 cm
Depth: 47 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Tin
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 23814
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    around 1900
    where
    Cameroon
    who
    Nso (Banzo, Bansso) (?)
    Bamileke (Bamiléké) (?)
  • 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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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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