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Neck jewellery (?)

Main catalogue: "Jewellery. Cord with strung discs, in between single iron beads, parts of snail shells, 1 glass bead L: ca. 116 cm Herero"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Neck jewellery (?)
Dimensions
Weight: 0,2 kg
Length: 116 cm
Height: 60 cm
Width: 4,5 cm
Depth: 2 cm
Material/Technique
Eggshell (ostrich), Iron, Plant fibre , Snail , Glass bead
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III D 4830

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Namibia
    who
    Herero
  • Collecting
    who
    Elisabeth Richert - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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