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Dance drum

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carved depictions (animal representations, human figure with pipe?, spears, geometric patterns), standing on two feet; "Dance drum of Moenza, sub-chief Njolo-Soemangos" (object list, Linden-Museum).

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Njyem
Object type
Trommel
Material/Technique
wood (plant material), skin (collagenous material), Cord
Object genre
musical instrument
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2558
Other number(s)
2558 (Old inventory number)
Linden-Museum: 55786 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Moenza
    Südkamerun
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control
    when
    1905-1907
    where
    Moenza
    Südkamerun
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Bertram, Hermann - Role not clarified
    Description
    Spoils of war: probably looted during the "Southern Expedition" (1905-1907).
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1908
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
    Description
    H. Bertram donated the object to the Linden Museum. First Lieutenant Bertram took part in the "Southern Expedition" from 1905 to 1907. Bertram to Count von Linden: He had collected the collection "[...] with much labour during 2 ½ years of warlike activity" (Linden Museum archive).
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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