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Mace

Similar objects in Owambo societies were usually markers of the high social status of their owners. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Cultural attribution
Ambo
Object type
Club
Dimensions
Länge: 68.5 cm, Durchmesser: 5.5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood
carved
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
110244

Provenance and sources

when
around 1923

where
Namibia

when
1923
Provenance
The collection came into the museum on loan in 1923, and shortly before his death in 1932, Maag donated the collection to the museum. According to the information in the new acquisitions book, Maag "collected [all objects] himself in situ". Text: Christoph Rippe.

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