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Spear
About the object
The large spears were already being produced for sale to dealers at the beginning of the 20th century. They were also deployed symbolically in peace negotiations after a military conflict. The spear, as well as other objects in the Oceania collection, were collected by Wilhelm Lebahn, captain of the Imperial Navy survey ship »S.M.S. Planet«, on which the ethnologist, anthropologist and marine doctor Augustin Krämer was also travelling. The Lebahn collection was sold after his death by his brother-in-law Dr. Rudolf Plähn from Waldkirch.