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Knives
The knife is made from a single piece of iron and only has a wide ring as a handle. The blade is slightly bent and heavily damaged along its entire length. There are clear traces of rust and attempts at repair. Preserved by the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, from the "collection of Lieutenant v. Massow, Togo". In the corresponding catalogue it is described as a "knife with ring handle", origin "Northern Togo".
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Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
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Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Knives
Dimensions
L: 40,5 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_2500
Related object(s)
is part of :
Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (Konvolut)
Provenance and sources
when
before 10 March 1902
where
Africa, Togo, North Togo
when
1902
where
State Museum of Nature and Man Oldenburg
who
Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (heute Ethnologisches Museum Berlin)
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