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Ceremonial axe; messenger staff; Recade

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The object has a wooden handle that is carved on the pommel. In appearance, the object is reminiscent of an axe or a bird's head, whereby the axe blade is blunt and elaborately decorated with hallmarks, as is the spike. There are two brass rivets on the head. Received from the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, from the "Sendung der Kamerun-Expedition (Dr Zintgraff)". Described in the catalogue as an "Iron axe from Cameroon".

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Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Ceremonial axe; messenger staff; Recade
Dimensions
L: 48,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood/metal (iron)/metal (brass)
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_0288
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Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1890
  • Change of physical control:
    Unknown type of acquisition
    where
    Africa, Cameroon
    who
    Zintgraff, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1890
    where
    State Museum of Nature and Man Oldenburg
    who
    Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (heute Ethnologisches Museum Berlin)

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