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Tobacco pipe

According to the camp officer Robert Beirer, this smoke pipe is said to have belonged to a man named Ranga. Ranga had been accused by German colonial officials of murdering two German expedition members. After his arrest, he fled from prison and was killed by local residents while on the run. Beirer did not explain in his letters how he came into possession of the smoke pipe.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Tabakspfeife
Dimensions
Länge: 690.0 mm, Durchmesser: 55.0 mm, Umfang: 170.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0535

Provenance and sources

when
before 1895

when
13.10.1898

where
New Guinea (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
who
Beirer, Robert - Collectors

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