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belongs to arrows V 1170, cultural attribution in the inv. book: "Kaffirs". Addition in pencil in the inv. book: "Herero"

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Hunting or war weapon
Dimensions
L: 63 cm
Material/Technique
Hide (cattle)/tendon (animal)
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim
Inventory number
RPM_V 1169
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Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1884
  • Change of legal title:
    Unknown type of acquisition
    where
    Africa, southern Africa, Namibia, according to the report of the Hildesheim Museum Association Angra Pequena (Lüderitzbucht)
    who
    unbekannt - Former Possessors
    Description
    As arrows with iron tips and feathers are mentioned for 1884 and some of the arrows belong to the quiver, the quiver must also come from the 1884 donation. Alternative spelling of the name: Carl Hoepfner. Höpfner did not stay exclusively in Angra Pequena on his first journey in 1882/83. He spent the first eight months in Mossamedes (Moçâmedes) on the Atlantic coast of Angola, near the present-day border between Angola and Namibia. He then travelled on to Kunene and "through the land of the Ovambo and Damara" (Globus 44, 1883, p. 254) via the Boer colony of Humpata. Apparently he already had contact with Herero at that time (cf. Globus vol. 44, 1883, p. 383). Therefore, despite the statement in the report of the Hildesheim Museum Association that the ethnographica donated in 1884 were "all from Angra Pequena", he may have already acquired objects from the Damara, Ovambo and Herero on his journey there.
  • Change of legal title:
    Access
    when
    1884
    where
    Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum
    who
    Dr. Carl Höpfner
Secondary literature
Bericht "Verein für Kunde der Natur und der Kunst im Fürstenthume Hildesheim und in der Stadt Goslar", Zeitraum 01.01.1883-01.01.1886, Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1886, S. 10, S. 36, dort unter Geschenken 1884: Höpfner, Dr., Afrikareisender, „Bogen und Pfeile mit eisernen Spitzen und Federn, eiserne Armspangen, Lanzenspitze, Dolch, Wurfkeule, Perlenstickereien, ein Gefäß von Holz, Kürbisflasche, Beutel und Tuch von buntem baumwollenen Stoff, sämmtlich von Angra Pequena“; 1885, unter Geschenken, S. 37: Dyes, Generalkonsul in Bremen, „eine große Sammlung höchst interessanter ethnographischer Gegenstände, welche der Afrikareisende Dr. Höpfner östlich von Angra Pequena im Herrero (jetzt auch deutsches Gebiet) und Damaralande gesammelt hat." „Deutsche Kolonial-Unternehmungen in Afrika: Angra Pequena. Dr. Höpfner im Damara-Land. Die Sibango-Farm in Gabun“, in: Globus. Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Länder- und Völkerkunde, Bd. 44, 1883, S. 254. Bundesarchiv Berlin, R 1001/1470, „Reisebericht von Dr. Höpfner über die Verhältnisse in Südwestafrika“. Höpfner, Carl, „Die Erfolge der Mission bei den Ovaherero“, in: Globus: Illustrierte Zeitschrift für Länder- und Völkerkunde, Bd. 44, 1883, S. 383.

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