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Shrine: Tree and Cattle Horns

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Collection of the Missionary Museum (Museum auf der Hardt), Wuppertal, Germany.

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This is a photograph of a shrine from Namibia (?), consisting of a tree with 12 cattle horns. It is more than three meters of height, and its size indicates that it belonged to the grave of an important personality.

The object is located today at the Missionary Museum (Museum auf der Hardt), Wuppertal, Germany. It came to the museum in the early years of its foundation and has been shown in various exhibitions with varying intentions.

Photo: Anna Brus

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