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Belt

Commentary by Nzila M. Mubusisi (National Museum of Namibia): This type of belt is typical of the Herero, like the headdress (ekori, S.L.), similar to the "kaross" (cf. RPM_V 1390, 1391). According to her, you see a lot of this jewellery at today's cultural festivals.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Jewellery
Dimensions
L: 55 cm; W: approx. 5 cm
Material/Technique
Fruit skin/leather (undefined)
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
Inventory number
RPM_V 1389

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Late 19th/early 20th century
  • Change of legal title:
    Unknown type of acquisition
    where
    Africa, Southern Africa, Namibia
    who
    unbekannt - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Access
    when
    Not clarified
    where
    Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim
    who
    Not clarified

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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