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Tool made from an iron arrowhead

The object is a hybrid tool with an arrowhead and a spear shaft. It is a weapon weapon with which the Ovaherero and the Ovambo protected themselves, their families and their animals and hunted wild animals. In the Ovambo culture the belief that a man should never walk empty-handed, but should always carry hands, but must always carry his bow and arrows or a stick ("odibo") with him at all times. The string makes it easier to hang and and carrying the weapon on the body (Ausiku 2017). the exact circumstances of acquisition remain unclear (as of 2023). unclear. Due to the presumed colonial context of the collection, the object is the object should still be categorised categorised as sensitive.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
tools
Dimensions
11,3 x 1,9 cm
Material/Technique
Metal/leather
Labeling
auf dem Objekt in Schwarz "1173"
Current location
Museum Burg Mylau
Inventory number
V 15265 N 02

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Namibia (?)
Secondary literature
Ausiku, Maria, 2017: Bows and Arrows (Omauta Noikuti)

Information about the record

Funding
The project "Provenance and History of the Mylau/Reichenbach Ethnological Collection" was 2022/23 funded by the Center for the Loss of Cultural Assets, the State Office for Museums Saxony and the Vogtland-Zwickau cultural area.
Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED
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