Knife ( Sangi ? )
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A heavy utility axe from the Lumad [T'boli?] tribes of Mindanao in Southern Philippines. Smaller, but resembling, women's knives are called sangi.
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Type
Physical Object
Identifier
1910.01.0106
Origin
Lumad [T'boli?] tribes of Mindanao in Southern Philippines
Materials
metal, wood, leather, leather-coat, iron
Physical Dimensions
Length: 48 cm
Provenance
acquired from
Umlauff, J. F. G.
Description
J. F. G. Umlauff was a German trading house and museum in Hamburg founded by Johann Friedrich Umlauff (1833-1889). His son Johannes Umlauff (1874-1951) then took over. They bought and sold ethnographics and natural materials, not least they sold to various museums. They published many catalogs. Among other things, they bought ethnography from Carl Hagenbeck. (http://raai.library.yale.edu/site/index.php?globalnav=publication_detail&book_id=895)
During the late 19th century and well into the 20th century, special trading houses emerged in Europe that could provide museums and private collectors with ethnography from all corners of the world. The firm of W.O. Oldman in London published small illustrated catalogs on a monthly basis while W.D. Webster's directories were richer in content and conveyed more magnificent objects. In Hamburg there were companies that also called themselves "museums" and thus also exhibited their warehouses. Museum Godeffroy was one of them. Another, Firma Umlauff, which also ran a Weltmuseum, was able to offer its customers ethnographic curiosities as early as the 1860s. From the beginning, objects were marketed that were traced among the sailors in the city's harbor, but over time, professional collectors were used and duplicates from German museums were distributed. This enabled Umlauff to offer extensive and currently well-documented collections. Some collections were so richly composed that they could be presented as scenes, diaramas, in which the company's other specialty could be used, to collect and sell in-kind stuffed animals, etc. The Umlauff family was closely related to the Hagenbeck family, known for its trade in animals and its zoological garden. Umlauff's collections can today be found in many of Europe's museums, including the Ethnographic Museum in Stockholm. (Håkan Wahquist in Med Världen i Kappsäcken, 2001)
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Umlauff, J. F. G.
Description
J. F. G. Umlauff was a German trading house and museum in Hamburg founded by Johann Friedrich Umlauff (1833-1889). His son Johannes Umlauff (1874-1951) then took over. They bought and sold ethnographics and natural materials, not least they sold to various museums. They published many catalogs. Among other things, they bought ethnography from Carl Hagenbeck. (http://raai.library.yale.edu/site/index.php?globalnav=publication_detail&book_id=895)
During the late 19th century and well into the 20th century, special trading houses emerged in Europe that could provide museums and private collectors with ethnography from all corners of the world. The firm of W.O. Oldman in London published small illustrated catalogs on a monthly basis while W.D. Webster's directories were richer in content and conveyed more magnificent objects. In Hamburg there were companies that also called themselves "museums" and thus also exhibited their warehouses. Museum Godeffroy was one of them. Another, Firma Umlauff, which also ran a Weltmuseum, was able to offer its customers ethnographic curiosities as early as the 1860s. From the beginning, objects were marketed that were traced among the sailors in the city's harbor, but over time, professional collectors were used and duplicates from German museums were distributed. This enabled Umlauff to offer extensive and currently well-documented collections. Some collections were so richly composed that they could be presented as scenes, diaramas, in which the company's other specialty could be used, to collect and sell in-kind stuffed animals, etc. The Umlauff family was closely related to the Hagenbeck family, known for its trade in animals and its zoological garden. Umlauff's collections can today be found in many of Europe's museums, including the Ethnographic Museum in Stockholm. (Håkan Wahquist in Med Världen i Kappsäcken, 2001)
Sources, Viaf - same
viaf.org
Sources - http
kulturarvsdata.se, raai.library.yale.edu
Acquisition Date
1910
Short description
Originally attributed to Timor
106 Slicing knife with sheath. Timor Indonesia ( OCR from Catalog).
In 2018, Michael Marlow changes this to its Philippine provenance.
106 Slicing knife with sheath. Timor Indonesia ( OCR from Catalog).
In 2018, Michael Marlow changes this to its Philippine provenance.
Display status
Not on display
References
Sources - http
kulturarvsdata.se, raai.library.yale.edu
kulturarvsdata.se, raai.library.yale.edu
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Translated from Swedish by Google Translate
Record accessed Dec. 2020
Edited for grammar by the Mapping team
Record accessed Dec. 2020
Edited for grammar by the Mapping team
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“Knife ( Sangi ? ),” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 20, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/3327.
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