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Dagger

Bone-shaped wooden handle wrapped with copper wire sits on a crest-shaped piece of iron, blade spreads fan-shaped up to a height of 4 cm, then tapers to a point, blade-shaped notch, within it arc-shaped and linear notches on both sides of the blade

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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Cultural attribution
Baboa
Object type
Dolch
Dimensions
L 41,5 cm, davon 10 cm Griff / max. Griffbreite 4,7 cm, max. Klingenbreite 9 cm
Material/Technique
iron (metal), wood (plant material), Copper wire
Forged, carved, Metal technology
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2291
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 23405
2291

Provenance and sources

when
before May 1902
where
Province Bas-Uélé
who
uns nicht bekannt - Role not clarified

when
before May 1902
where
Demokratische Republik Kongo
who
uns nicht bekannt - Owners

when
before May 1902
where
Berlin
who
Frobenius, Leo - Owners

when
May 1902
where
Stuttgart
who
Description
Count von Linden presumably bought the property from Frobenius.

when
May 1902
where
Stuttgart
who
Description
Count von Linden donated the object to the Linden Museum.

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners

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