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Exhibition - Picture Gallery
Hauptbereich
Museum Europäischer Kulturen
Fri 30 November 2012 - Sun 3 February 2013
Christmas Pyramids
Tradition and Modernity
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Henriette Manthey watching lead pyramids
© Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ute Franz-Scarciglia
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Sebnitz shadow theatre, Sebnitz, Saxony, ca. 1900
© Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ute Franz-Scarciglia
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Glockenspiel (chimes) with glass angel, Hermann Linz KG, Steinach, Thüringen, ca. 1920
© Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ute Franz-Scarciglia
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Pyramid from Arthur Gläßer's workshop, Seiffen, ca. 1940
© © Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ute Franz-Scarciglia
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Christmas pyramid, Region Seiffen, ca. 1970
© Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ute Franz-Scarciglia
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Christmas pyramid featuring the church in Seiffen, Seiffen, Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains), ca. 1980
© © Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / photo: Ute Franz-Scarciglia
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legendChristmas Pyramid, around 1900
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / photo: Ute Franz-Scarcigliaend of legend