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Wooden inner knife, sheathed in iron, rounded scabbard, blunt, star-shaped handle, carvings on the scabbard

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Object type
Rasiermesser
Dimensions
Sheath: 7.7 cm L 12.7 cm
Material/Technique
iron (metal), wood (plant material) moulded
Object genre
domestic utensil
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2371
Other number(s)
2371 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Region Nordwesten
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1911
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Dorbritz, Paul - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1911
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
    Description
    P. Dorbritz 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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CC0 1.0 DEED

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