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Bark beater

carved like a horn, lower part on the front decorated with cross-shaped carving

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Njyem
Object type
Werkzeug
Dimensions
H 24.5 cm
Material/Technique
wood (plant material) carved
Object genre
tool
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2555
Other number(s)
2555 (Old inventory number)
Linden-Museum: 55930 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Djadom
    Südkamerun
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control
    when
    1905-1907
    where
    Djadom
    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
    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

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