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Hat
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Mütze
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 23 cm
Material/Technique
Grass seed, Cobwebs
glued
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
040941

Provenance and sources

when
(?)

where
Namibia

when
1905
Provenance
Although Staudinger undertook extensive journeys to African countries, a direct connection to "German South-West Africa" has not yet been proven. Staudinger states that the hats were "collected before the [Herero] uprising" (before 1904), but not where or by whom. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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