“Gong” of Hassan bin Omari Makunganya

“Gong” of Hassan bin Omari Makunganya

Nickel-silver plate with an Arabic inscription that was used, among other things, as a talasimu (Swahili for talisman) during the war with Germany. Since 1896, it has been part of the collections of the Ethnological Museum

Музей: 

© Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Magazine issue : 
#1 2021 (70)
Автор статьи: 

Gesa Grimme

Статья: 

“LIKE PREGNANT HIPPOS”. Ethnographic Museums and the Legacy of European Colonialism: Outline of a Debate