Javelin
Attribution 4.0 InternationalJavelin
Attribution 4.0 InternationalJavelin
Attribution 4.0 InternationalJavelin
Attribution 4.0 InternationalJavelin
Attribution 4.0 InternationalJavelin
Attribution 4.0 International
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Javelin
The tuft of hair attached to the spear shaft is probably the tail tassel of a wildebeest. According to information from Nzila M. Mubusisi (National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek) and Werner Hillebrecht (Museums Association of Namibia), September 2019, spears were still used ceremonially at best in Eich's time. The tail tassels attached to them came from horse or wildebeest.
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Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim gGmbH
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Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Hunting or war weapon
Dimensions
L: 135 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
Inventory number
RPM_V 8251
Related object(s)
is part of :
Konvolut von Objekten, geschenkt von Willibald Eich
Provenance and sources
when
before February 1904
where
Africa, southern Africa, Namibia, Otjozondjupa mission station (Waterberg)
who
Wilhelm Eich, Missionar der Rheinischen Mission - Former Possessors
Description
Willibald Eich (24.7.1886 in Okahandja-13.10.1960 Hildesheim) inherited the objects from his father, the missionary Wilhelm Eich (15.9.1850 Dierdorf-1935 Swakopmund). Research in the archives of the United Evangelical Mission in Wuppertal has shown that the items cannot be "spoils of war" from the "Battle of the Waterberg" on 12 August 1904. From his report (see references) and archival documents in the archives of the United Evangelical Mission, Wuppetal, it is clear that Eich had long since left Otjozondjupa/Waterberg at the time of the "Battle of the Waterberg". Other archival documents suggest that he never returned there until the end of his life.
when
1935
where
Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim
who
Willibald Eich, Hildesheim
Secondary literature
Eich, Wilhelm, "In Waterberg und im Gefolge der Hereros von Waterberg bis Okahandja", in "Die Rheinische Mission und der Herero-Aufstand. Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen Rheinischer Missionare." Heft 4. Barmen: Missonshaus, 1904, S. 9-30.
Archiv der Vereinten Evangelischen Mission, Wuppertal, Archivalie 1609 c Bd. 5, Bericht Eichs an die Deputation der Rhein. Mission Barmen vom 14.04.1904 mit den Ereignissen ab 14. Januar (Ausbruch des „Aufstands“ am 12. Januar). Dieser Brief bildet die Grundlage für den gedruckten Bericht in „Die Rheinische Mission und der Herero-Aufstand“.
Dito, Archivalie1609 c Bd. 3 1904, insb. pag. 15.
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