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Necklace

Composed of beads made from sea shells. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

Data Provider
Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Kette
Material/Technique
Shell pierced, Cord, threaded, knotted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
036916

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Hoffa; 0651
  • Production
    when
    around 1900 or earlier
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Namibia
Provenance
Albert Hoffa was himself born in Richmond (South Africa). Even after moving to Germany, he maintained contact with his family in South Africa, including his sister Harriet. The objects from "German South-West Africa" may have been acquired in part through these contacts, but most were probably acquired through his friend Dr. Anton Lübbert (as in the case of Hoffa's brother-in-law Ferdinand Bang). Lübbert also procured the four "Benin bronzes" contained in the collection from the previous owner Adolph Heemke from Geestemünde. Heemke himself was a merchant in West Africa. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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