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Hair dart

Description on old index card: "4 hair arrows to hold the cap in place." The The spelling of the cultural attribution varies in the sources; on the old on the old index cards in the museum the designation "Bangua" is predominantly used. The decorative part of the pin could be a representation of a stylised frog. The second spiral (eye) consists of a separate piece of iron that is pulled pulled through a hole in the main part and bent round. The other three hair arrows, including the spirals, consist of a single piece of iron. piece of iron.

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Cultural attribution
Bangwa
Object type
Jewellery
Dimensions
L: 19 cm
Material/Technique
metal (iron)
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Städtisches Museum Braunschweig
Inventory number
SMBS_1709-0193-00 A III c 456 c
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Provenance and sources

Production
when
before 1902
Change of physical control:
Unknown type of acquisition
where
Africa, Cameroon, Southwest Cameroon
Description
In the collection period between 1901-1902, military interventions against the "Bangwa" took place, in which which Strümpell was involved as a lieutenant or first lieutenant in the German Schutztruppe was involved. The structural connection between between military penetration and the collection points to a context of violence in which Strümpell acquired the "Bangwa" collection. acquired.
Change of physical control:
Donation
when
1902
where
Braunschweig Municipal Museum
who
Kurt Strümpell

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