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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Knives
Dimensions
L: 40,5 cm
Material/Technique
Metal (iron)
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_2500
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 10 March 1902
  • Change of physical control:
    Unknown type of acquisition
    where
    Africa, Togo, North Togo
    who
    Massow, Valentin von - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1902
    where
    State Museum of Nature and Man Oldenburg
    who
    Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (heute Ethnologisches Museum Berlin)

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