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Ceremonial staff
One side of the rod is embroidered with embroidered with glass beads. Colours of the glass beads: black, white, green, yellow, light and dark blue. Staffs decorated with glass beads or cowries were used as insignia of power and were worn on public occasions by kings worn on public occasions by kings and notables as a sign of power and status (Rachel status (Rachel Mariembe and His Majesty Fonjinju Tatabong Alexandre, 27 October 2020). The spelling of the cultural attribution varies in the sources; on the old index cards in the museum, the predominantly the designation "Bangua" is predominantly used.
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Städtisches Museum Braunschweig
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Cultural attribution
Bangwa
Object type
Ceremonial staff
Dimensions
L: 27 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Städtisches Museum
Braunschweig
Inventory number
SMBS_1709-0176-00 Vw 1.8-65/10; A III c
437
Related object(s)
is part of :
1. Konvolut Strümpell
(Konvolut)
Provenance and sources
when
before 1902
where
Africa, Cameroon, Southwest Cameroon
Description
In the collection period between
1901-1902, military interventions against the "Bangwa" took place, in which
which Strümpell was involved as a lieutenant or first lieutenant in the German
Schutztruppe was involved. The structural connection between
between military penetration and the collection points to a
context of violence in which Strümpell acquired the "Bangwa" collection.
acquired.
when
1902
where
Braunschweig Municipal Museum
who
Kurt
Strümpell
Secondary literature
D. Hecht, „Katalog der afrikanischen Sammlung im
Städtischen Museum Braunschweig. Braunschweiger Werkstücke ; 37“.
Waisenhaus-Buchdr. und Verl., Braunschweig,
1968.
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