Fashionable Heavyweights from Namibia - Hildesheim - Until 8-11-2020

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Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim GmbH
Am Steine ​​1-2
D-31134 Hildesheim


Fashionable Heavyweights from Namibia - Traditional Clothing and Jewelry of the Herero Women

Until 8th November 2020

In dealing with the German colonial past, public interest is repeatedly directed towards the fate of the Herero and Nama. The background to this is the genocide committed against them by the German colonial power during the German-Namibian War 1904-1908. Between 40,000 and 60,000 Herero and 10,000 Nama died. The colonial government took the survivors' land and their livelihood, the cattle, and made them cheap labor.

With the old way of life, the material culture of the Herero also disappeared. The costume had already begun to change with the emergence of Christianity. The original clothing of the women left the breast uncovered and consisted of leather, which was covered with heavy iron pearls, as well as decorative jewelry made of countless, elaborately made discs from ostrich eggshells. Due to the influence of the missionaries, this costume was replaced by "chaste" floor-length cotton clothes. On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the museum association and current ethnological provenance research on the Namibia collection of the RPM , the museum is showing a selection of these Namibian fashion treasures from the late 19th century.

Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 to 18:00

Admission: €10

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