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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
Tabakspfeife
Dimensions
Length: 690.0 mm
Diameter: 55.0 mm
170.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0535

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1895
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    13.10.1898
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    New Guinea (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    who
    Beirer, Robert - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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