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Doll

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Doll made of light palm wood, completely nailed with red cotton, depicting a woman with a child. Beaded strings around the neck and a long hanging of cowrie shell strings Entry historical file card: Doll, made of light palm wood, nailed with red cotton. Depicting a woman with a child. Beaded strings around the neck and a long hanging of cowrie shell strings. Entry in the main historical catalogue: Doll made of light palm wood, nailed with red cotton fabric, depicting a woman with a child.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Doll
Dimensions
Height: 32,5 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Width: 19 cm
Material/Technique
Wood (palm) , Cotton, Cord, Pearls , Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 271

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Grande do Sul
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm Pietzker - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
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