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Sword with scabbard
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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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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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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

where
Bamum
Kameruner Grasland
Kamerun
Zentralafrika
Afrika
when
before 1911
where
Kamerun
Zentralafrika
Afrika
who
Spring, Albert - Owners
Description
Captain Spring
when
1911
where
Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Deutschland
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
Description
A. Spring donated the object to the Linden Museum.
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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CC0 1.0 DEED

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