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Sword with scabbard and hilt

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Main catalogue: "Sword with scabbard. kimassai: alalaim sword enda schúf scabbard engimeda hilt The sword is Wagogo work of a fundi from Nyangelo on the northern edge of the Maasai steppe, scabbard and hilt are Maasai work."

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wagogo
Object type
Sword with scabbard and hilt
Dimensions
Height: 77,5 cm
Depth: 30 cm
Width: 5 cm
Weight: 0,8 kg
Material/Technique
Wood, Iron, Leather , Glass melting
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 4982 a,b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Tanzania
    who
    Massai
    Wagogo
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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