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Sword knife

Straight, double-edged blade in the shape of a Sword shape. A fuller runs along one side. The quillons bent towards the sword bent towards the sword, just like the handle and the mushroom-shaped pommel are made of wood. An embossing can be recognised on the blade presumably "Cooper & Goodman". The scabbard is made of wood covered with leather. Preserved by the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, from the "Consignment of the Cameroon Expedition (Dr Zintgraff)". In the corresponding catalogue, the object is described as a "sword knife with scabbard N'Gumbi" and under origin "Batom (Banyang)" is given.

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Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
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Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Sword knife
Dimensions
L: 48,5 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_0285
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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