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The "misosi ya usalo" or the "mountain of pearls"

Label affixed: "The actual "misosi ya usalo" or mountain of pearls (No. 4) taken from O. to W.". The rounded rocks are studded with malachite."

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Cataloguing data

Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Height: 31 cm
Width: 25 cm
Height: 8 cm
Width: 11 cm
Material/Technique
in album, silver gelatine print
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
BGAEU 258

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    28 February 1911
    where
    on the "mountain of pearls"
    who
    Friedrich Tornau (1877-01-11 - 1914-11-14)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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