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Make-up

Main historical catalogue: "Piece of redwood from a tree called "mkula", which is said to occur on the Djinalusi River (Unyamwanga) in the Pori. The wood is ground together and the powder obtained is used for colouring clothes and the body. Hence [Mambuë]"

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Object type
Make-up
Dimensions
Height: 19,5 cm
Width: 3,5 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Weight: 0,1 kg
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 7356

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Tanzania
Collecting
who
Glauning, Hans - Collectors
Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa

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