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Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalChest 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.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Herero
- Object type
- Breast jewellery
- Material/Technique
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Wood
, Iron , Ostrich egg, Leather, Seed capsule Forged, pierced, threaded, knotted
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 055380
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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around 1900 or earlier
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Namibia
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Change of physical control
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when
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1907
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- Provenance
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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.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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