Rights management: Linden-Museum Stuttgart
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Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalKnife with sheath
In Owambo societies this used to be a highly valued personal possession at the time when this particular knife was dispatched to Stuttgart. At least one knife would be carried by its owner, and especially by men, at all times. Mostly used as a multi-functional, practical tool. When needed it also provided a means of self-defence.. This particular object does not show any sign of wear from use and was probably made to be traded. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Dolch
- Dimensions
- Length: 35 cm
- Material/Technique
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Iron, Wood
Fire painting, Forged, carved
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- F 55136 a
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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(?)
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Namibia
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Change of physical control
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when
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1998
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- Provenance
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The grandfather of the object donor Anita Hoeft was in unknown employment in "German South-West Africa" between 1904 and 1910 and acquired the object there in an unknown manner.
Text: Christoph Rippe.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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