File:Fighting Sword Club, Papua New Guinea, Brücke Museum Berlin, 84435, view a.jpg
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Fighting Club/Sword, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 19th-20th century, front view
Summary
Object
| Artist |
English: once known creator
Deutsch: einst bekannte*r Urheber*in |
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| Description |
Deutsch: Schwertkeule
English: Fighting Sword/Club
Tok Pisin: Diwai blo pait |
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| Date | from 19th century until 20th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 127 cm (50 in); width: 6.5 cm (2.5 in); depth: 1.4 cm (0.5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
H 57 |
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| Place of creation | Milne Bay Province (Q874962) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
transferred to Karl und Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Stiftung (Q108731834) from Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Q161143) |
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| Notes |
English: Made from ebony wood and carved with incised designs and painted with lime and orchre. Used for tribal war or when attacked by enemies, it is used for self-defence. (Grace Vele)
Deutsch: Diese Schwertkeule ist aus Ebenholz geschnitzt, mit eingeschnitzten Mustern versehen und mit Kalk und Ocker bemalt. Sie wird bei Angriffen von Feinden zur Selbstverteidigung eingesetzt. (Grace Vele)
Tok Pisin: Ol usim diwai blo Ebony wod na tu lo lain husait i wokim makim wantaim ol tumbuna mak blon em. Ol save usim lo pait wantaim ol enemi blo ol. Na tu ol save usim lo defendim ol yat. |
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Photograph
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English: Fighting Club/Sword, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 19th-20th century, front view  |
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| Source | BrückeMuseumBerlin | |||
| Author | Nick Ash, Berlin | |||
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| Other versions | Fighting Sword Club, Papua New Guinea, Brücke Museum Berlin, 84435, view b.jpg |
The estate of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, owned by the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation at the Brücke Museum, contains his collection of around 100 sculptures and objects with colonial backgrounds. The Brücke artist himself never travelled outside Europe and, to the best of current knowledge, bought these objects in the art trade and from private owners from the 1910s onwards. The collection includes ritual and everyday objects, alongside souvenirs for the Western market. The way they were perceived underwent changes: they came to be seen as objects of art and decoration. Little is known of their origins, the circumstances of their acquisition, or the historical and current importance of the objects. Most of them originate from Germany’s former colonies, thus referring directly to German Expressionists’ entanglements in the often unlawful appropriation of material culture in colonially occupied lands. More
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