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Wooden handle wrapped with metal wire, rounded iron scabbard, wooden plate wrapped with metal

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Njyem
Object type
Rasiermesser
Dimensions
Sheath: L 10 cm; handle: 4 x 6 cm
Material/Technique
copper (metal), iron (metal), wood (plant material)
Forged, turned, carved
Object genre
tool
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2557
Other number(s)
2557 (Old inventory number)
Linden-Museum: 55954 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Südkamerun
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control
    when
    1905-1907
    where
    Südkamerun
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Bertram, Hermann - Role not clarified
    Description
    Spoils of war: probably looted during the "Southern Expedition" (1905-1907).
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1908
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
    Description
    H. Bertram donated the object to the Linden Museum. First Lieutenant Bertram took part in the "Southern Expedition" from 1905 to 1907. Bertram to Count von Linden: He had collected the collection "[...] with much labour during 2 ½ years of warlike activity" (Linden Museum archive).
  • 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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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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