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Ceremonial Headdress ("Ekori") for a Married Woman

At the time when this object was dispatched to Stuttgart, similar head adornments were among the most highly valued personal possessions of married women in Herero societies. Exclusively worn on special occasions, they also served to indicate the social standing of their owners. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Haube
Dimensions
Länge: 121 cm, Breite: 80 cm
Material/Technique
Fur, Iron, Leather
Forged, cut, threaded, sewn
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
034605

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900 or earlier

where
Namibia

when
1900
Provenance
Gustav Pahl worked between 1898 and 1908 in "German South-West Africa". He acquired and bought objects during longer business trips, as he reported in letters to Graf von Linden. He did not specify whether he acquired these objects from middlemen or the producers. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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