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Dagger with sheath

thin round wooden handle partially wrapped with iron wire, end of handle riveted; scabbard: trapezoidal, made of bent iron leaf, integrated palm leaf, metal ring (brass) attached to the side, back of scabbard with stamped pattern; handle: partially wrapped with wire

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Cultural attribution
(Ndzimu-Gruppe)
Object type
Dolch
Dimensions
Dagger L 21 cm; sheath L 12 cm
Material/Technique
iron (metal), wood (plant material), Plant fibre Forged, wound, carved, punched
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2472
Other number(s)
2472 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

Assignment to a curated holding:
Ethnographic study collection
Production
where
Kameruner Waldland
Kamerun
Zentralafrika
Afrika
Change of physical control
when
before 1905
where
Kamerun
Zentralafrika
Afrika
who
Preuss, Martin - Role not clarified
Change of physical control:
Donation
when
1905
where
Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Deutschland
Description
M. Preuss donated the object to the Linden Museum.
Change of physical control:
Exchange
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Deutschland
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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