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round ebony stick, centre part with 32 cm long pattern, five long edges, free surfaces decorated with various geometric patterns, both ends of the pattern finished with grooves

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kribi
Object type
Stab
Dimensions
L 92.5 cm Handle D 2.5 cm D; tip D 1.1 cm
Material/Technique
ebony (wood) carved
Object genre
insignia
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2446
Other number(s)
2446 (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:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1908
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Dorbritz, Paul - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1908
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    P. Dorbritz 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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CC0 1.0 DEED
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