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Dagger with sheath

Dagger with carved wooden handle, leather sheath

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ejagham
Object type
Dolch
Dimensions
Dagger: L 31.5 cm; sheath: L 22.5 cm
Material/Technique
leather, metal, wood (plant material)
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2392
Other number(s)
2392 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Cross River-Gebiet
    Region Südwesten
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control
    when
    before 1905
    where
    Cross River-Gebiet
    Region Südwesten
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Oertzen, Jasper von - Role not clarified
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1905
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    J. von Oertzen donated the object to the Linden Museum.
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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CC0 1.0 DEED
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