Enkukuri

Language: Masai
Language: Masai

Calabash

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Gourd bottle embroidered and sewn with leather, beads, kauri shells and ornaments embroidered and stitched gourd. Red colour with black painting.

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Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maasai
Object type
calabash
Other title
kibuyu (swa)
Dimensions
Height 44 cm, circumference 14 cm
Material/Technique
Pumpkin, leather
hollowed
Meaning in contexts of origin
Milk container
Object genre
Household
Current location
Museum Witzenhausen
Inventory number
1953
Condition
good

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1982
    where
    Not clarified
    who
    Maasai
    Description
    The calabash was probably made in Tanzania in the 1970s. years in Tanzania. A more precise delimitation of the place of manufacture could not be be determined.
    Source(s)
    Collection documentation
  • Change of physical control:
    Purchase
    when
    1982-1984
    where
    Not clarified
    who
    Heinz-Günter Kleim (1947 - 2013) - Collectors
    Description
    The development aid worker Heinz-Günter Kleim acquired the calabash during his assignment in Tanzania in the 1980s.
    Source(s)
    Collection documentation
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    2013
    where
    Witzenhausen
    who
    Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft (DITSL) - Recipients
    Description
    After the death of Heinz-Günther Kleim, his wife his wife, Annette Kleim, gave the calabash together with a number of other of other artefacts to the Museum Witzenhausen .
  • Cultural attribution
    when
    2024
    where
    Arusha and neighbouring regions in the north Tanzania
    who
    Fokusgruppen und Interviews mit Maasai Gemeinden zwischen Kilimanjaro und Arusha
    Description
    Provenance research project on the East Africa holdings of the Museum Witzenhausen
    Source(s)
    Archive and literature research in Germany, field research at identified locations in Tanzania
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Maasai convolute
    where
    Arusha and neighbouring regions in the north Tanzania
    who
    unbekannt - Curators
    Description
    Selection of Maasai cultural artefacts in the collection
    Source(s)
    Collection information, field research in Tanzania
Provenance
Piece of a selection of cultural artefacts of the Maasai in Tanzania. Probably from Arusha or the surrounding regions in northern Tanzania. Specific provenance information could only be determined for the the Fritz König and Eckhard Baum sub-volumes. could be determined.

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Funding
Das Projekt "Provenienzforschung zum Ostafrika-Bestand der Sammlung des völkerkundlichen Museums Witzenhausen" wurde von August 2022 bis Dezember 2024 durch das Deutsche Zentrum Kulturgutverluste gefördert. Die Aufbereitung der Ergebnisse zur Präsentation in diesem Portal wurde vom Museumsverband Hessen (MVH) unterstützt.
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