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four parts: long, very fine black-coloured plant fibres, braided into plaits in the middle, which end openly in fibres. The individual parts were wrapped next to each other around a narrow cord.

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Yaounde
Object type
Schurz
Dimensions
Part 1: L 55 cm; Part 2: L 55 cm; Part 3: 50 cm; Part 4: 56 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre braided
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2547
Other number(s)
2547 (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
    before 1896
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Dominik, Hans - Role not clarified
    Description
    German officer, from 1894 with interruptions until 1910 in Cameroon, was "significantly involved in the subjugation and, by founding the Malende military station, in the administration of the area on the upper Wuri (II Abo expedition). In March/April 1895, he took part in the Bakoko expedition under Rittmeister von Stetten and was head of the Yaunde station from 1896 to 1898" (p. 84) and was also involved in the war against the Omvang and Makaa on the upper Njong (1910) (literature: Florian Hoffmann, 2007: Okkupation und Militärverwaltung in Kamerun. Establishment and institutionalisation of the colonial monopoly on the use of force. Vol. 2: The imperial protection force and its officer corps. S. 83-87).
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1899
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
    Description
    H. Dominik donated the object to the Linden Museum.
  • 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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