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Hair dart

Description on old index card: "4 hair arrows to hold the cap in place" The spelling of the cultural attribution varies in the sources; on the old index cards in the museum, the term "Bangua" is predominantly used. The decorative part of the pin could be a representation of a stylised frog. The second spiral (eye) consists of a separate piece of iron that is pulled through a hole in the main part and bent round. The three other hair arrows, including the spirals, consist of a single piece of iron.

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Städtisches Museum Braunschweig
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Cultural attribution
Bangwa
Object type
Hair dart
Dimensions
L: 41 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Städtisches Museum Braunschweig
Inventory number
SMBS_1709-0191-00 A III c 456 a
Related object(s)
is part of : 1. Konvolut Strümpell (Konvolut)

Provenance and sources

when
before 1902

where
Africa, Cameroon, Southwest Cameroon
Description
Military interventions against the "Bangwa" took place in the collection period between 1901-1902, in which Strümpell was involved as a lieutenant or first lieutenant of the German Schutztruppe. The structural connection between military penetration and collecting points to a context of violence in which Strümpell acquired the "Bangwa" collection.

when
1902
where
Braunschweig Municipal Museum
who
Kurt Strümpell

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