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Gunpowder Horn
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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Bergdama
Object type
Pulverhorn
Dimensions
Länge: 25.8 cm, Durchmesser: 6.8 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Horn, Iron, Leather
Forged, carved, pierced, braided, knotted
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
034457

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900

where
Namibia

when
1903
Provenance
As head of the districts of Otjimbingwe and Karibib, "German South-West Africa", Kuhn undertook more extensive travels on which he also acquired objects. The manner in which he did this is unknown. From the correspondence preserved at the Linden Museum, we learn that Kuhn was in contact with Catholic missionaries in the north and Protestant missionaries in the south. He had encouraged both groups to "collect" for him. Text: Christoph Rippe.

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