Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 037231
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Object description
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.
| Object Name | Copper alloy rod with chameleon-shaped handle |
| Description | The short staff was used in ritual contexts and shows significant symbolic animals on the upper part. The coiling snake stands as a "rainbow snake" for the connection between the upper world on the other side and the earth on this side. To show this vertical axis was an essential form criterion of art; to establish this connection the most important task of religious ceremonies. The chameleon embodies a religious specialist who, like this animal, can transform and take on different manifestations. Text: Dietmar Neitzke. |
| Type | Stab |
| Materials | Copper alloy |
| Size, Dimensions | Heigth: 59 cm. Diameter: 8.8 cm. |
| Dating of Object |
Museum / Collection / Acquisition
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.
| Museum | Linden-Museum Stuttgart |
| Museum Inv.-No | 037231 |
| Collector | Albert Hoffa (Berlin, Germany) |
| Acquisition date | 1904 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | Albert Hoffa was a friend of Dr Anton Lübbert, who was also a collector of the Linden Museum and a doctor in German Southwest Africa. The latter also obtained Benin objects for Hoffa.The previous owner of these objects was Adolph Heemke, who worked as a merchant in West Africa and worked for the Hamburg company H. Bey & Co. which acquired objects directly in Benin and sent them to Germany where they were sold. Text: Markus Himmelsbach. |
| Notes |
Current ownership status and location
| Status | restituted |
| Date of last status change | 14 December 2022 |
| Current ownership | Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| Holding institution | National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM, Nigeria) |
| Current location | Temporarily at the Linden-Museum Stuttgart |
Categorization for the search functions
This information was included by the German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts and is intended to make the object easier to find in the database.
| Object Type | staff |
| Materials | metal; copper alloy |
| Tags |
Dataset
| ID | 152 |
| last Change | 2023-01-26 12:15:00 |
| License | Linden-Museum Stuttgart |