Rights management: Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0 InternationalContainer for Poison
The poisonous substance to be stored in this container was meant to be smeared on the tip of a hunter's arrows and spears so as to make the weapons more effective. The object was equipped with three small spatulas to safely handle the poison. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- San
- Object type
- Köcher
- Dimensions
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Length: 21.5 cm
Diameter: 4.7 cm - Material/Technique
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Horn, Leather, Wood
cut, carved, sheathed
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 109578
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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around 1932
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Namibia
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Change of physical control
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when
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1932
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- Provenance
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Henning lived in "South-West Africa" for several decades. It is obvious that he acquired the objects himself in situ. Information on the nature of the acquisition is not yet available.
Text: Christoph Rippe.
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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