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Belt
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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.
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Object type
Knives
Material/Technique
Wood, Iron, Copper, Copper alloy, Leather
Forged, carved, plugged in, sheathed, nailed
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023569
Provenance and sources
Assignment to a curated holding:
Wassmannsdorf; 0528
Production
when
around 1900 or earlier
Change of physical control or legal title
where
Namibia
Change of physical control
when
1902
Provenance
Wassmannsdorf was active in "German South-West Africa" between 1895 and 1898. It is unclear whether he acquired objects himself during this period. Back in Berlin he collected "ethnographica" from all parts of the world and also lent it to local museums. Probably by exchange or donation within the Berlin colonial milieu, Wassmannsdorf acquired parts of the spoils of war from the storming of Hendrik Witbooi's residence Hornkranz in 1893. In 1902, Wassmannsdorf, on the advice of First Lieutenant Kuhn and with the aim of obtaining the award of an Order, donated 44 objects to the Verein für Handelsgeographie.
Text: Christoph Rippe.
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