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Brass ring
open, solid brass ring; leg jewellery for married women
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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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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
Provenance and sources
when
before 1934
where
Namibia
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).
when
1954
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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