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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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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
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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
2290

Provenance and sources

when
before May 1902
where
Zentralafrikanische Republik
who
uns nicht bekannt - Role not clarified

when
before May 1902
where
Zentralafrikanische Republik
who
uns nicht bekannt - Owners

when
before May 1902
where
Berlin
who
Frobenius, Leo - Owners

when
May 1902
where
Stuttgart
who
Description
Count von Linden presumably bought the property from Frobenius.

when
May 1902
where
Stuttgart
who
Description
Count von Linden donated the object to the Linden Museum.

when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
who
Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners

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