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Arrows (6 pieces)
belongs to the separately inventoried quiver V 1169. Cultural attribution in the inv. book "Kaffirs". Quiver according to the Herero inv. book. According to the inv. book 6 arrows, but the quiver contains 10.
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Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim gGmbH
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Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Hunting or war weapon
Dimensions
L: 63-65 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
Inventory number
RPM_V 1170 a.-f.
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Geschenke-Konvolut Höpfners aus dem Jahre 1884
Provenance and sources
when
before 1884
where
Africa, southern Africa, Namibia, according to the report of the Hildesheim Museum Association Angra Pequena (Lüderitzbucht)
who
unbekannt - Former Possessors
Description
Alternative spelling of the name: Carl Hoepfner.Höpfner did not stay exclusively in Angra Pequena on his first journey in 1882/83. He spent the first eight months in Mossamedes (Moçâmedes) on the Atlantic coast of Angola, near the present-day border between Angola and Namibia. He then travelled on to Kunene and "through the land of the Ovambo and Damara" (Globus 44, 1883, p. 254) via the Boer colony of Humpata. During this journey he apparently also came into contact with the Herero (see Globus vol. 44, 1883, p. 383.) Therefore, despite the statement in the report of the Hildesheim Museum Association that the ethnographica donated in 1884 were "all from Angra Pequena", he may have acquired objects from the Damara and Ovambo, but also from the Herero, on his journey there.
when
1884
where
Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum
who
Dr. Carl Höpfner
Secondary literature
Bericht "Verein für Kunde der Natur und der Kunst im Fürstenthume Hildesheim und in der Stadt Goslar", Zeitraum 01.01.1883-01.01.1886, Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1886, S. 10, S. 36, dort unter Geschenken 1884: Höpfner, Dr., Afrikareisender, „Bogen und Pfeile mit eisernen Spitzen und Federn, eiserne Armspangen, Lanzenspitze, Dolch, Wurfkeule, Perlenstickereien, ein Gefäß von Holz, Kürbisflasche, Beutel und Tuch von buntem baumwollenen Stoff, sämmtlich von Angra Pequena“.
„Deutsche Kolonial-Unternehmungen in Afrika: Angra Pequena. Dr. Höpfner im Damara-Land. Die Sibango-Farm in Gabun“, in: Globus. Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Länder- und Völkerkunde, Bd. 44, 1883, S. 254.
Bundesarchiv Berlin, R 1001/1470, „Reisebericht von Dr. Höpfner über die Verhältnisse in Südwestafrika“.
Höpfner, Carl, „Die Erfolge der Mission bei den Ovaherero“, in: Globus: Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Länder- und Völkerkunde, Bd. 44, 1883, S. 383.
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