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Upper arm cuff

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"Ivory upper arm jewellery." Shape: Remotely boat-shaped, transverse to the arm direction. One crack with two lacing holes at each edge Colour: Ivory yellow, brown Condition: Signs of wear.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wassukuma
Object type
Upper arm cuff
Dimensions
Width: 11,5 cm
Length: 23 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Material/Technique
Ivory
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 3903

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Tanzania
    Usukuma (Ussukuma, Usukkuma)
    who
    Wassukuma
  • Collecting
    who
    L. Meyer - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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