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Copper ring
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open, solid copper ring; leg jewellery for married women

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kwanyama
Object type
Beinschmuck
Dimensions
D 10-12 cm; U 32 cm
Material/Technique
copper (metal)
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2860
Other number(s)
2860

Provenance and sources

when
before 1934
where
Namibia

when
1972
who
Ethnografische Studiensammlung, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz - Owners
Description
After Georg Boss's death in 1972, the object remained in the Ethnographic Study Collection as a gift. There are no documents relating to this agreement in the collection files (Brandstetter, Anna-Maria, Kolonialwaren, 2018).

when
ca. 1934
where
Namibia
who
Boss, Georg - Owners

when
1954
who
Boss, Georg
Description
Georg Boss gave the object to the Ethnographic Study Collection in 1954, together with 79 other objects, initially as a permanent loan. There are no documents relating to this agreement in the collection files (Brandstetter, Anna-Maria, Kolonialwaren, 2018).

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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