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Monkey skin headgear
Sammlung Braun
r 2018 / 18264
General information
Providing institution
Museen Stade
Collection area
Sammlung Braun
Inventory number
r 2018 / 18264
Title
Monkey skin headgear
Material
leather
Literature
Merker, Moritz
Masai,
Ethnogr. Monographie e. ostafrikan. Semitenvolkes,
1910,
GVK
Citation link
https://www.amani-stade.gbv.de/item/en_ms_6a4d9b60-d2ba-4f0e-a78b-9355cd1bd662
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Individual object / object group
Individual object
Provenance events
Purchase / Sale
Time
1906-07-31
Description
"Tuesday, July 31, 1906 [underlined] In the morning, I took care of the library, as the European mail brought many books. – Max bought two caps made of monkey fur from wandering Masai, as described in Merker's "Die Masai", [p. 4] p. 133 as sdōdāl [?] (Papio cynocephalus). The lower part of the cap is sewn together with a piece of cattle hide. Each cap cost 2 Rupie. [Drawing]" [translation]
source: Museum der Kulturen Basel, VI 56197, 48 (4)
author: Karl Braun
source: Museum der Kulturen Basel, VI 56197, 48 (4)
author: Karl Braun
Person
- person, unknown (Salesperson)
- unknown actor (Buyer)
Place
- Amani
Inventory
Time
from 1906-07-31
Description
"81. Cap of the Masai made of monkey skin (Papio cynocephalus). Merker, M. Die Masai 1904, p. 133 = ol dodal [?] (missing in 1910 editions) / Amani 31 July 1906 bought by Masais passing through = 2 Rp. / TB [diary] 48.4. / [drawing]." [translation]
source: Museen Stade, r 2018 / 18566
author: Karl Braun
source: Museen Stade, r 2018 / 18566
author: Karl Braun
Person
-
Braun, Karl (* 1870 † 1935)
(Inventor)
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Old inventory numbers
- 81
Inheritance
Time
1934-07-17
Description
In 1934, the former director of the Biological Imperial Institute for Agriculture and Forestry (Biologische Reichsanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft) Karl Braun (1870–1935) gave the so-called “Kolonialsammlung Braun” (Colonial Collection Braun) to the Hanseatic City of Stade, or rather its representative, the then mayor Hans Arthur Meyer (1884–1961). See the file „Transfer of a colonial collection from the senior government councillor Professor Dr. Karl Braun in Stade to the City of Stade” („Überlassung einer Kolonialsammlung vom Oberregierungsrat Professor Dr. Karl Braun in Stade an die Stadt Stade") at the Lower Saxony State Archives Stade (Niedersächsischen Landesarchiv Standort Stade).
source: Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Standort Stade, Dep. 10 Nr. 03025
source: Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Standort Stade, Dep. 10 Nr. 03025
Person
-
Braun, Karl (* 1870 † 1935)
(Donor)
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- Hansestadt Stade (Recipient)
- Hans Arthur Meyer (1884 - 1961) (Recipient)
Place
- Stade
Loan
Time
from 1997
Description
In 1997, the then city archivist Jürgen Bohmbach concludes a permanent loan agreement with the Museum Society Stade (Museumsverein Stade e.V.), for which the then director Gerd Mettjes signs. Thereafter, the collection from Karl Braun is transferred to the care of the Museum Society Stade (Museumsverein Stade e.V.).
source: Museen Stade, Vereinbarung Leihgabe "Brauns'sche Kolonialsammlung"
source: Museen Stade, Vereinbarung Leihgabe "Brauns'sche Kolonialsammlung"
Person
- Hansestadt Stade (Lender)
-
Museum Schwedenspeicher
(Borrower)
GND Explorer
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Bohmbach, Jürgen (* 1944)
(Lender)
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- Gerd Mettjes (Borrower)
Place
- Stade
Documents
Links / References
Internal object reference
Administrative data
Originator of the object data
Museen Stade
Licence
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