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Dagger

Narrow wooden handle, circular at the bottom, wrapped with two copper wires, the broad blade, rounded at the top, sits on a narrow iron base, dot-shaped notches in the centre of the blade

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Data Provider
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Sango
Object type
Dolch
Dimensions
L 36 cm, of which 12.5 handle / Max. Handle width 4.3 cm, Max. Blade width 7 cm
Material/Technique
iron (metal), wood (plant material), Copper wire Forged, carved, Metal technology
Object genre
weapon
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2290
Other number(s)
Linden-Museum: 23525 (Old inventory number)
2290 (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    when
    before May 1902
    where
    Zentralafrikanische Republik
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    uns nicht bekannt - Role not clarified
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before May 1902
    where
    Zentralafrikanische Republik
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    uns nicht bekannt - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Not clarified
    when
    before May 1902
    where
    Berlin
    Deutschland
    who
    Frobenius, Leo - Owners
  • Change of physical control:
    Purchase
    when
    May 1902
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    Count von Linden presumably bought the property from Frobenius.
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    May 1902
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Description
    Count von Linden 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

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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