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Dagger

A blade, bulbous at the bottom and tapering towards the top, sits on the bone-shaped wooden handle. 10 linear notches begin 6 cm above the handle on the left side of the blade. The first 6 cm of the blade are decorated with 3 notches on the right.

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Abarambo
Object type
Dolch
Dimensions
L 54 cm, including 8 cm handle / B handle: 5 cm, B blade: 7 cm
Material/Technique
iron (metal), wood (plant material)
Forged, carved
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2288
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 73415 (Old inventory number)
2288 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    when
    before 1911
    where
    Demokratische Republik Kongo
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1911
    where
    Demokratische Republik Kongo
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Scharf, C. - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    1911
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners

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