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Brass ring

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open, solid brass ring; leg jewellery for married women

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ovambo; Kwanyama
Object type
Beinschmuck
Dimensions
D 10-12.5 cm; U 36 cm
Material/Technique
brass (alloy)
Object genre
jewellery
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2857
Other number(s)
2857 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    when
    before 1934
    where
    Namibia
    Südliches Afrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1972
    who
    Ethnografische Studiensammlung, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz - Owners
    Description
    After Georg Boss's death in 1972, the object remained in the Ethnographic Study Collection as a gift. There are no documents relating to this agreement in the collection files (Brandstetter, Anna-Maria, Kolonialwaren, 2018).
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    ca. 1934
    where
    Namibia
    Südliches Afrika
    Afrika
    who
    Boss, Georg - Owners
  • when
    1954
    who
    Boss, Georg
    Description
    Georg Boss gave the object to the Ethnographic Study Collection in 1954, together with 79 other objects, initially as a permanent loan. There are no documents relating to this agreement in the collection files (Brandstetter, Anna-Maria, Kolonialwaren, 2018).

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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