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Quiver
belongs to the arrows V 1170. Cultural attribution in the inv. book: "Kaffern". Addition in pencil in the inv. book: "Herero"
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Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim gGmbH
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Cataloguing data
Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Hunting or war weapon
Dimensions
L: 63 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
Hildesheim
Inventory number
RPM_V 1169
Related object(s)
is part of :
Geschenke-Konvolut Höpfners aus dem Jahre
1884
Provenance and sources
when
before 1884
where
Africa, southern Africa, Namibia, according to the report of the
Hildesheim Museum Association Angra Pequena
(Lüderitz Bay)
who
unbekannt - Former Possessors
Description
Since arrows with iron points 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. Hoepfner stayed
not exclusively in Angra Pequena during his first journey in 1882/83.
Pequena on his first trip. He spent the first eight months in Mossamedes
(Moçâmedes) on the Atlantic coast in Angola, close to the present-day border
between Angola and Namibia. He then travelled via the Humpata
then travelled on to the Kunene and "through the land of the Ovambo and Damara"
(Globus 44, 1883, p. 254). Apparently he had already had
contact with Herero (cf. Globus vol. 44, 1883, p. 383). Therefore he can
notwithstanding the information in the report of the Hildesheim Museum Association,
that the ethnographica donated in 1884 were "all from Angra
Pequena", he had already collected objects from the Damara, Ovambo and
Damara, Ovambo and Herero on his journey there.
had acquired.
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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