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Dagger with sheath

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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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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

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
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
    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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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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