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Sword

The blade is double-edged and widens from the handle to the point. The handle is made entirely of polished wood and has no real pommel. A cord is wrapped around the ricasso for carrying. Received from the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, from the "Sendung aus dem Schutzgebiete Kamerun, Sammlung von Hauptmann Kund". On the index card of the Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch, the origin is given as "Wute (hinterland of Cameroon)".

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Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
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Cultural attribution
Wute
Object type
Sword
Dimensions
L: 58 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_0470
Related object(s)
is part of : Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (Konvolut)

Provenance and sources

when
before January 1892

where
Africa, Cameroon
who
Kund, Richard - Former Possessors

when
1892
where
State Museum of Nature and Man Oldenburg
who
Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (heute Ethnologisches Museum Berlin)

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