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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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Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
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Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Ceremonial axe; messenger staff; Recade
Dimensions
L: 48,5 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_0288
Related object(s)
is part of : Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (Konvolut)

Provenance and sources

when
before 1890

where
Africa, Cameroon
who
Zintgraff, Eugen - Former Possessors

when
1890
where
State Museum of Nature and Man Oldenburg
who
Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (heute Ethnologisches Museum Berlin)

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