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391 - Kenia, Chagga, Marealle von Marangu
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Kenia, Chagga, Marealle von Marangu Keule Rhinozeroshorn (219 g) alte Sammlungsnr. "370" Die Keule war ein Geschenk von Marealle von Marangu an Heinrich Meyer. Mass: L: 43,2 cm Provenance: Chief Marealle of Marangu, Kilimanjaro region (today Tanzania) Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (1858-1929), Leipzig, Germany (ca. 1889) Christie's Paris, France, 11 June 2007, lot 166 By descent through the family Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (1858–1929), Verleger und Afrikaforscher, bereiste ab den 1880er Jahren mehrfach Ostafrika und erforschte insbesondere das Kilimandscharo-Gebiet. Während seiner Expeditionen stand er in engem Kontakt mit dem lokalen Herrscher Marealle von Marangu, dessen Unterstützung für seine Unternehmungen entscheidend war. Im Rahmen eines gegenseitigen Austauschs von Geschenken überreichte Meyer Marealle verschiedene europäische Gegenstände. Als Gegengabe erhielt er unter anderem einen kunstvoll gearbeiteten Speer, den Marealle selbst geschmiedet hatte. Meyer erwähnt dieses Objekt ausdrücklich in seinem Werk „Ost-Afrikanische Gletscherfahrten“ (1890).
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