Hair dart
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Hair dart
Description on old index card: "4 hair arrows to hold the cap in place. part of the pin could be the representation of a stylised frog stylised frog (or lizard or chameleon). The second spiral (eye) consists of a separate piece of iron that is pulled through a hole in the main pulled through a hole in the main part and bent round. The other three hair darts consist of a single piece of iron, including the spirals. A piece of the pin may have broken off. The spelling of the cultural attribution varies in the sources; on the old cards in the museum predominantly use the term "Bangua" is predominantly used.
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Städtisches Museum Braunschweig
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Cultural attribution
Bangwa
Object type
Jewellery
Dimensions
L: 20,5 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Städtisches Museum
Braunschweig
Inventory number
SMBS_1709-0194-00 Vw 1.0-40/7 a; A III c 456
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Related object(s)
is part of :
1. Konvolut Strümpell
(Konvolut)
Provenance and sources
when
before 1902
where
Africa, Cameroon, Southwest Cameroon
Description
In the collection period between
1901-1902, military interventions against the "Bangwa" took place, in which
which Strümpell was involved as a lieutenant or first lieutenant in the German
Schutztruppe was involved. The structural connection between
between military penetration and the collection points to a
context of violence in which Strümpell acquired the "Bangwa" collection.
acquired.
when
1902
where
Braunschweig Municipal Museum
who
Kurt
Strümpell
Secondary literature
D. Hecht, „Katalog der afrikanischen Sammlung im
Städtischen Museum Braunschweig. Braunschweiger Werkstücke ; 37“.
Waisenhaus-Buchdr. und Verl., Braunschweig,
1968.
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