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The potter Belén with examples from her production

The photos are from an excavation in the east of Lake Valencia (Venezuela), which was carried out by Alfred Jahn (engineer for the German railway) in January and February 1903. The excavation was organised by Karl von den Steinen, with the support of the Ethnological Aid Committee (Steinen, Karl von den. 1904. Ausgrabungen am Valenciasee. In: Globus (Braunschweig) LXXXVI (7): 101-108, Fig. 15, p. 105) caption von den Steinen 1904 (see Steinen, Karl von den. 1904. Ausgrabungen am Valenciasee. In: Globus (Braunschweig) LXXXVI (7): 101-108, fig. 15, p. 105): "The potter Belén von Guaruto."

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Cataloguing data

Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Height: 8,1 cm
Width: 12,1 cm
Height: 11,4 cm
Width: 17,4 cm
Material/Technique
mounted on cardboard
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E 1386

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1903
    where
    Venezuela
    Guaruto
    who
    Alfredo Jahn (1867 - 1940) - Photographers
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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