Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02297

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02297
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02297
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02297

 

Object description
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.

Object Name Figure, dignitary
Description Standing, holding ceremonial sword. Coral net hood and neck ornament. Diagonally crossed chest cords. Wrapping cloth. Poorly filed casting. Casting defects at base and back of head. LIT Dark 1982: ill. 20/22
Type Sculpture (Art)
Materials Brass casting/Yellow casting, very pure brass with extremely high zinc content, no tin, low lead content, extremely low trace element concentrations and significantly increased cadmium
Size, Dimensions Heigth: 30.9 cm
Dating of Object late 19th century

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Museum Inv.-No 02297
Collector Johann Friederich Gustav Umlauff
Acquisition date approx. 1910
Circumstances of acquisition - […] : The firm J.F.G. Umlauff
- ca. 1904: Städtisches Völkermuseum, Frankfurt;
Purchase from the firm J.F.G. Umlauff
   
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Object Type sculpture
Materials metal; brass
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Dataset

ID 1210
last Change 2022-02-03 11:42:17
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