Rights management: Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalKnife with Sheath
In Owambo societies this used to be a highly valued personal possession at the time when this particular knife was dispatched to Stuttgart. At least one knife would be carried by its owner, and especially by men, at all times. Mostly used as a multi-functional, practical tool. When needed it also provided a means of self-defence. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Ambo
- Object type
- Knives
- Material/Technique
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Iron, Wood
Forged, carved, plugged in, Cord, hooked in, knotted
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 089833 a+b
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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around 1914 or earlier
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Namibia
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Change of physical control
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when
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1914
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- Provenance
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Berg was a ship's captain and therefore spent most of his time in port areas. It has not yet been possible to verify that he made a trip to "German South-West Africa". Objects from there probably came into his possession through middlemen.
Text: Christoph Rippe.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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