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Knife with Sheath
In Owambo societies this used to be a highly valued personal possession at the time when this particular knife was dispatched to Stuttgart. At least one knife would be carried by its owner, and especially by men, at all times. Mostly used as a multi-functional, practical tool. When needed it also provided a means of self-defence. Text: Sandra Ferracuti.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Ambo
- Object type
- Knives
- Material/Technique
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Iron, Brass
, Wood
Brass wire, Forged, carved, pierced, blackened, wrapped
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 088389 a+b
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 1913 or earlier
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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NamibiaAngola
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Change of physical control
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when
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1913
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- Provenance
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This object was purchased, among many others, by the Naturalienkabinett Stuttgart in 1913. According to the documentation, the objects were "collected" by the brother of the object donor, H. Schäfer, during an expedition with Max Esser in 1896 along the Kunene River. It is unclear on which side of the river this happened and so it is also unclear whether the objects originate from today's Angola or today's Namibia.
Text: Christoph Rippe.
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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