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Sword with scabbard

Sword: convex blade with elongated engraving in the centre; forked wooden handle; scabbard: wooden plates wrapped in leather; two side handles made of plant fibres; leather patterned on one side; embossing

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamum
Object type
Schwert
Dimensions
Sword: L 57 cm W 11 cm; Scabbard: L 48 cm W 13 cm
Material/Technique
iron (metal), wood (plant material), leather, Plant fibre Forged, sewn
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2428
Other number(s)
2428 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Bamum
    Kameruner Grasland
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1911
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Spring, Albert - Owners
    Description
    Captain Spring
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1911
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    A. Spring 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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