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Dagger

The dagger was made from a single piece of iron, the double-edged blade merges seamlessly into the round handle. The dagger is coated with a blue protective varnish. Received from the Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, from the "collection of Prltnt. Morgen (hinterland of Cameroon)". In the corresponding catalogue, "Wute" is given as the origin.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wute
Object type
Dagger
Dimensions
L: 17,5 cm
Object genre
Ethnographica
Current location
Landesmuseum Natur und Mensch Oldenburg
Inventory number
LMNM_1422
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before January 1892
  • Change of physical control:
    Unknown type of acquisition
    where
    Africa, Cameroon, Hinterland
    who
    Curt von Morgen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1892
    where
    State Museum of Nature and Man Oldenburg
    who
    Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin (heute Ethnologisches Museum Berlin)

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