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War bell

Long metal bell with wooden handle

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Misanga
Object type
Glocke
Dimensions
L 56.5 cm
Material/Technique
wood (plant material), metal
Object genre
musical instrument
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2582
Other number(s)
2582 (Old inventory number)
Linden-Museum: 45034 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Sanga-Ngoko-Gebiet
    Südkamerun
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Preuss, Martin - Role not clarified
    Description
    It can be assumed that he stole the war bell.
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1918
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    before 1959
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    M. Preuss 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; was previously on permanent loan to the Linden-Museum from 1959-1971.

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CC0 1.0 DEED
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