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Iron money

Three iron rods arranged in a pyramid shape and held in shape with coarse raffia; iron rods have a flat end

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ewondo
Object type
Zahlungsmittel
Dimensions
L between 11.5 cm and 13 cm
Material/Technique
iron (metal), bast
Forged, wound
Object genre
money
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2526
Other number(s)
2526 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
  • Change of physical control
    when
    1897
    where
    Köln
    Nordrhein-Westfalen
    Deutschland
    who
    Rautenstrauch, Eugen (1842 - 1900) - Owners
    Description
    After Wilhelm Joest's death in 1897, his collection passed to his sister Adele Rautenstrauch (née Joest) and her husband Eugen Rautenstrauch as his estate.
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before 1898
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Joest, Wilhelm - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    1898
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    E. Rautenstrauch donated the object to the Linden Museum.
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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