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Sword knife

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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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
keine Zuschreibung
Object type
Sword knife
Dimensions
L: 48,5 cm
Material/Technique
Wood/leather/metal (iron)
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_0285
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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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