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Dagger
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Sword with
scabbard
Description on old index card (Richard Andree): "Wide cowhide scabbard with 2 handles covered with red cloth, round staff with glass beads as a finial. rod covered with glass beads as a finial " Today there is no red cloth on the handles red cloth, they are wrapped in wickerwork of a reddish colour. The The beads in various shades of blue at the lower end are half missing. Paule Chl. Dassi (19.09.2019) described the sword as an object of prestige and a symbolic weapon of war, used by carried by a king or title holders, such as notables, at great ceremonies when dancing. They are still used in a similar form today at ceremonial dances in the "Grassland"region. As an example, she mentioned the war dance mieudjon (also mandjon). The spelling of the cultural attribution varies in the sources; the old index cards in the museum predominantly use the term "Bangua" is predominantly used.
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Cultural attribution
Bangwa
Object type
Sword with scabbard
Dimensions
L: 27 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Städtisches Museum Braunschweig
Inventory number
SMBS_1709-0131-01/02 Vw 1.0-52/32 b; A III c 373
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Provenance and sources
Production
when
before 1902
Change of physical control:
Unknown type of acquisition
where
Africa, Cameroon, South West Region, Lebang (Fontem)
Description
During the collection period between 1901-1902
military interventions against the "Bangwa" took place, in which Strümpell was involved as a lieutenant or
lieutenant of the German Schutztruppe. The structural connection
between military penetration and the gathering points to a context of violence in which Strümpell was the
in which Strümpell acquired the "Bangwa" collection. On the old index card, the sword is presented to the
the former chief of Fontem as the previous owner.
Change of physical control:
Donation
when
1902
where
Braunschweig Municipal Museum
who
Kurt Strümpell
Secondary literature
D. Hecht, „Katalog der afrikanischen Sammlung im Städtischen Museum
Braunschweig. Braunschweiger Werkstücke ; 37“. Waisenhaus-Buchdr. und Verl., Braunschweig,
1968.; Literatur in Zusammenhang: „A - G. Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon ; Bd. 1“. Quelle
& Meyer, Leipzig, 1920.
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