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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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Wood, Iron, Copper, Copper alloy, Leather
Forged, carved, plugged in, sheathed, nailed
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 023569
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 1900 or earlier
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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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1902
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- Provenance
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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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- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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