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Throwing knife

looks like a bird's head, conical short handle, small tip at the beginning of the blade, large tip at the end, decorated tip, triangular hole, notches

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
(Ndzimu-Gruppe)
Object type
Wurfmesser
Dimensions
L 29 cm
Material/Technique
metal, wood (plant material) Forged, carved
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2564
Other number(s)
2564 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

Assignment to a curated holding:
Ethnographic study collection
Production
where
Südkamerun
Kamerun
Zentralafrika
Afrika
Change of physical control:
Purchase
where
Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Deutschland
who
Description
K. Count von Linden bought property from L. von Stein zu Lausnitz.
Change of physical control
when
before 1906
where
Südkamerun
Kamerun
Zentralafrika
Afrika
who
Stein zu Lausnitz, Ludwig von - Role not clarified
Description
Baron von Stein zu Lausnitz
Change of physical control:
Donation
when
1906
where
Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Deutschland
Description
K. Count von Linden 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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