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Chest Adornment

Composed of beads made from wood, metal, plant seeds, and ostrich egg shells strung on leather cords. At the time when this jewellery item was dispatched to Stuttgart, it must have been among the most highly valued personal possessions of a member of a Herero society. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Breast jewellery
Material/Technique
Wood , Iron , Ostrich egg, Leather, Seed capsule Forged, pierced, threaded, knotted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
055380

Provenance and sources

Assignment to a curated holding:
Bang; 0835
Production
when
around 1900 or earlier
Change of physical control or legal title
where
Namibia
Change of physical control
when
1907
Provenance
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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