Photographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalPhotographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalPhotographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalSword 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
- 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
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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
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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where
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BamumKameruner GraslandKamerunZentralafrikaAfrika
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Change of physical control:
Not clarified-
when
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before 1911
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where
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KamerunZentralafrikaAfrika
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Description
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Captain Spring
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Change of physical control:
Donation-
when
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1911
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where
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StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDeutschland
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Description
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A. Spring donated the object to the Linden Museum.
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Change of physical control:
Exchange-
when
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15.12.1971
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where
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StuttgartBaden-WürttembergDeutschland
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Description
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JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.
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Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC0 1.0 DEED
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