Phototype: Photo. Format: 8,2 X 5,8. Description: white-painted faces, feather-hair ornaments, bows and arrows, herd of cattle in background, small boy (Maasai or Arusha?) on the left.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 7,5 X 15,7. Description: Profile, arm spirals, necklaces and earrings, clothed, wearing an umbrella, bow and arrow, feather at the back of the head has been supplemented by retouching, neutral background. Remark: retouched, faded.

Note Sawitzki: African, merchant, hut, antlers, sword, bow

description: Contains:StartVNr: E 732/1898; EndVNr: E 221/1899; and others: Cooperation with the Botanical Museum, (1899), p. 289, and the Museum of Natural History, Berlin, (1898), pp. 140, 150, 160 - Exchange of doublets with private persons, (1898), pp. 242 f.- Cooperation with the governors of DOA, pp. 119, 147, 219, Cameroon, pp. 1, 273, and Togo, (1898), pp. 231 - Basler Mission: Notwendigkeit der öffentlichen Vernichtung von Götzen, Sammelverbot für Missionare, (1899), pp. 326 f.- Jacobi: Proposals for Cooperation with Mission Societies, (1899), pp. 327 - Plehn: Sanga-Ngoko-Expedition, (1899), pp. 269 - Ollwig: Mission of Skulls, (1898), pp. 10 - von Stein: Report on Pygmies and the Food of Earth, (1898), pp. 21 f. - Fülleborn: Mission of Skeletons, pp. 28 ff., Report on the Station and Cooperation with Missionaries, pp. 120 ff.., Fever treatment, (1898), pp. 253 f.- Staudinger: Report on an iron apron, (1898), pp. 49 - Rigler: Shipment of skulls, pp. 84 f., Report about von Massow and his misunderstanding regarding von Luschans, (1899), p. 264 - Dominik: Report about a punitive expedition because of cannibalism', attack on a raging city, slave and man hunts, (1898), p. 91 ff. Kersting: Report on stone tools, fetish service and metalworking, (1898), pp. 234 ff., "Orientation sketch of Kabure", (o.D.), pp. 104 - by Luschan: Comment on Benin bronzes, pp. 149, Occurrence of composite sheets in Central Africa, (1898), pp. 205 - Habenicht: Offer of Bushman skeletons, (1898), pp. 161 f. - Perbandt: Skull Shipment, (1899), p. 211 - Rautanen: "Erläuterungen zu dem 'Grundriss einer grossen ondonga Werft'", (1895), p. 217 - Shipment of Captured Weapons, (1898), p. 226 - Glauning: Report on wire drawing, description of a loom and request for doublet delivery to Dresden, (1898), p. 244 - Rautanen: "Explanations for the 'ground plan of a large ondonga shipyard'", (1895), p. 217 - Shipment of captured weapons, (1898), p. 226 - Glauning: Report on wire drawing, description of a loom and request for doublet delivery to Dresden, (1898), p. 244 - Rautanen: "Explanations for the 'ground plan of a large ondonga shipyard'. Doublets from the collection of Stein for the Museum für Völkerkunde Stuttgart, (1899), pp. 294 ff. - Wegner: Sendung von Skeletten, (1899), pp. 333.

description: Contains:StartVNr: E 711/1904; EndVNr: E 1920/1904; and others: Cooperation with the Museumsverein, Essen, page 2, the Städtisches Museum, Stralsund, page 142, and the Museums für Völkerkunde, Hamburg, page 251 ff., and Stuttgart, (1904), page 39 - Cooperation with the governors of DOA, page 272, DSW, page 36, and Togo, (1904), page 26 f.- Cooperation with the Hydrotherapeutic Institute, p. 230, the Rudolf Virchow Foundation, Berlin, p. 298 f., 306 f., and the Northwest Cameroon Society, Duala, (1904), p. 1 - Cooperation with missionaries, (1904), p. 52, 149 f., 182 ff., the Society for the Advancement of Evangelical Medicine, p. 223 f., and the Northwest Cameroon Society, Duala, (1904), p. 1 - Cooperation with missionaries, (1904), p. 52, 149 f., 182 ff. Mission unter den Heiden, p. 159, der Rheinischen Missionsgesellschaft, p. 186, und der Herrnhuter Mission, (1904), p. 187 f.- Kayser: Report on a gala girl brought up in Berlin, (1904), p. 7 f.- by Smend: Report on stoves and cooking utensils, appearance of villages and stretchers for dignitaries, (1904), p. 12 ff.- Rkwami: "Food of the Eweer", (1904), p. 16 - by Luschan: Restoration order for the throne of Njoya of Bamum, p. 28, request for support of the AA in the preservation of the priority position of the Berlin museums, p. 226, advertisement for funds for the diplomatic mission of the botanist Rosen to Abyssinia, (1904), p. 295 ff - Holtz-Saatel: "Germany and France in Abyssinia. In: Berliner Tagebl.: 1904-07-15, p. 49 - Ankermann: Report on the Collection Frobenius, (1904), p. 54 - Rehse: "Setting up the bird trap 'mutego gu´ ekinyonyi.'", (1904), p. 114 - Method of payment for the Collection Frobenius, (1904), p. 168 ff - "Paul Kibler ... Collector of Natural History Specimens ...", (1904), Folder, p. 190 - Merker: Report on stones with drilling by the Wadschagga, his research on tatoga, p. 231 et seq, Skeleton broadcast, (1904), pp. 258 et seq. by Berger: "Apotheke des Zauberers Msafiri aus der Landschaft des Sultans Kihumbi am oberen Mlagarasi in Uha, Udjidji district", (1904), pp. 244 et seq. by Berger. Schweinfurth: Report about lumber and bows from Egypt, (1904), pp. 277 ff. - Cleve: Report about tooth deformations at the Vaviva and Kinga and their influence on the language, Christian folk song in Kidngala, (1904), pp. 284 ff.

description: Contains:StartVNr: E 1937/1904; EndVNr: E 855/1905; and others: Cooperation with the Museum of Natural History, Berlin, (1905), p. 58 - Cooperation with the Museums of Ethnology, Hamburg, p. 280, Dresden, p. 281, Cologne, (1907), p. 279, Stuttgart, (1904), p. 29, 176 f., the Reichsmuseum, Leiden, p. 146, the Institute of Anthropology, London, p. 174, and the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, (1905), p. 183 ff - Transfer of duplicates to the antiquity society Prussia, Königsberg, (1905), p. 153 - Transfer of duplicates to private individuals, (1905), p. 196, p. 309 - Cooperation with the governors of DSW, p. 175, Togo, (1905), p. 334, and Cameroon, (1904), p. 64 - Cooperation with Dt. Kolonialgesellschaft, pp. 41, the German Mediterranean Society, Berlin, pp. 167, the Société d' Études coloniales, Brussels, pp. 223, the American Geographical Society, New York, and the University Library, Vienna, (1905), pp. 159 - Cooperation with missionaries, (1904, 1905), pp. 77 f., 151, 222, of the Congregation of Missionaries Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin Mary (1904), pp. 5 ff., of the Mission of hh. Heart of Jesus, (1905), pp. 179 f., and the Basel Mission, (1905, 1906), pp. 288 ff.- Merker: Location of drilled stones, (1905), Abschr., pp. 42 f.- Hofmarschallamt: Loan of a chair by Njoya von Bamum, (1905), p. 67 - Armbandsammlung Döring, (1905), p. 75 f. - Judgment on the outstanding sum insured for ECR Rigler, (1905), p. 81 ff - Rehse: Supplements to his manuscript "Kiziba", p. 93 ff., "Foreword to Chapter 11", p. 96, Request for Command to Bukoba and Biographical Notes, (1905), p. 122 - Laufer: Report on the Sanatorium Alhayat in Egypt, (1905), p. 137 ff. - "The Work of the Diafe by Leo Frobenius.", (1905), Abschr., p. 148 f. - Schweinfurth: Bericht über Bogen aus Ägypten, (1905), p. 154 - by Stefenelli: Bericht über den Gebrauch von Masken beim Fetischdienst, (1905), p. 202 ff - Schloifer: "Einladung zur Beteiligung an der Central-Afrikanischen Bergwerks-Gesellschaft m.b.H.", p. 213, "Entwurf. Gesellschaftsvertrag ...", pp. 215 et seq., "Report to the Central African Lake Society m.b.H.", pp. 218 et seq., "Special report on the goldfields belonging to the Central African Lake Society m.b.H.", Printed by Druckschr., (1905), pp. 219 et seq. - "List of African ethnographic objects brought by Mr Paul Bieger from Lagos", (1905), pp. 239 et seq. "Name and meaning of the stamps (s. 3447) of missionaries Merkel and Sitzler, (1905), pp. 306 ff. - "Verzeichnis der Sammlung Rosen", (1905), pp. 316 ff. - Rosen: Publikationspläne und Abrechnung über seine Gesandtschaftsreise nach Abessinien, (1906), pp. 327 f.

Phototype: Postcard (colored). Format: 13,9 X 8,8. Description: 5 African women standing on the riverbank in a forest, dressed with long robes. Remark: Publisher of the ev. luther. Mission Leipzig, Series Africa No 4.

Reported from a find [Heinrich] Vedders: quiver, bow and arrow from South Africa.

History of the inventor: Born 21 September 1865 in Baldenburg, district of Schlochau, died 31 December 1924 in Dresden. 1874 Admission to the Kulmer Kadettenkorps, then Prussian Hauptkadettenanstalt and in April 1885 entry as lieutenant second in the infantry regiment "von borcke" (4th Pommersches) No. 21 in Thorn. 1887 Transfer to the 2nd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 137 in September 1888, one year's leave of absence to go to Africa. After a short time working for the D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i kanische Gesellschaft as an officer in the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika. On 18 May 1889 he took part in a battle at Dar-es-Salam as part of the suppression of the so-called Arab uprising. 1890 He rejoins the army. 1891-1904 Education at the Prussian Academy of War; 1895 transfer to the Grand General Staff. In the same year wedding with Luise Lindner. In 1898 he was promoted to captain during his command at the Reichsmarineamt, which from 1898 to 1899 included surveying work in the Kiautschou leasehold. 1900 Return to Germany and activity in the general staff. From 1902 company commander in infantry regiment 41. In 1904 promotion to major and transfer to the general staff of the stage command of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Südwestafrika. There he participated in the so-called Herero and Hottentot campaigns. During the Nama Uprising, Maercker led the Schutztruppen units in the Battle of Nubib and was wounded. 1910 Farewell to the Schutztruppe and appointment as battalion commander in the infantry regiment "König Ludwig III. von Bayern" (2nd Lower Silesian) No. 47. 1912 promotion lieutenant colonel; 1913 appointment as commander of the North Sea island Borkum. 1914 Promotion to colonel. 1915 and 1916 as regiment commander participation in the position fights at the Kormyn and at the Styr, afterwards at the western front, among others Yser, in the Wyschaete arch as well as at St. Eloi. Wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, then in positional battles on the Aisne. At the end of 1916 he took part in the battles on the Narajowka and Zlota Lipa; from 1917 he was deployed on the western front: Somme, Wytschaete Arc, Yser, Arras, Champagne and Flanders with renewed wounding. Awarded the Pour le Mérite Order on 1 October 1917 and the Pour le Mérite Oak Leaf Order on 3 May 1918. On 18 August 1917 promotion to Major General and appointment as Commander of the 214th Division. In December 1918 Maercker formed the Freikorps "Landesjäger" from parts of his division; deployment of the Freikorps during the suppression of the Spartakus uprising in January 1919 in Berlin, followed by deployments in Weimar, Gotha, Erfurt, Halle, Magdeburg, Braunschweig and Helmstedt. On 2 May the Freikorps was integrated into the Reichswehr as Reichswehrbrigade 16. On 28 April 1920 Maercker was released from active military service. In 1922 he founded the Deutscher Kolonialkriegerbund. Processing note: General Wehrkreis IV (Saxony)? Description of the holdings: Major General, documents, personal letters, training documents, portrait photos, colonial history: General der Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Südwestafrika. R e i c h s k o l o n i a l a m t , surveying Tsingtau, commander of the infantry in the First World War in France and Belgium, Wehrkreiskommando IV, Freikorpsführer Geb. 21. September 1865 in Baldenburg, Kreis Schlochau, died 31. December 1924 in Dresden. 1874 Admission to the Kulmer Kadettenkorps, then Prussian Hauptkadettenanstalt and in April 1885 entry as lieutenant second in the infantry regiment "von borcke" (4th Pommersches) No. 21 in Thorn. 1887 Transfer to the 2nd Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 137 in September 1888, one year's leave of absence to go to Africa. After a short time working for the D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i kanische Gesellschaft as an officer in the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika. On 18 May 1889 he took part in a battle at Dar-es-Salam as part of the suppression of the so-called Arab uprising. 1890 He rejoins the army. 1891-1904 Education at the Prussian Academy of War; 1895 transfer to the Grand General Staff. In the same year wedding with Luise Lindner. In 1898 he was promoted to captain during his command at the Reichsmarineamt, which from 1898 to 1899 included surveying work in the Kiautschou leasehold. 1900 Return to Germany and activity in the general staff. From 1902 company commander in infantry regiment 41. In 1904 promotion to major and transfer to the general staff of the stage command of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Südwestafrika. There he participated in the so-called Herero and Hottentot campaigns. During the Nama Uprising, Maercker led the Schutztruppen units in the Battle of Nubib and was wounded. 1910 Farewell to the Schutztruppe and appointment as battalion commander in the infantry regiment "König Ludwig III. von Bayern" (2nd Lower Silesian) No. 47. 1912 promotion lieutenant colonel; 1913 appointment as commander of the North Sea island Borkum. 1914 Promotion to colonel. 1915 and 1916 as regiment commander participation in the position fights at the Kormyn and at the Styr, afterwards at the western front, among others Yser, in the Wyschaete arch as well as at St. Eloi. Wounded in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, then in positional battles on the Aisne. At the end of 1916 he took part in the battles on the Narajowka and Zlota Lipa; from 1917 he was deployed on the western front: Somme, Wytschaete Arc, Yser, Arras, Champagne and Flanders with renewed wounding. Awarded the Pour le Mérite Order on 1 October 1917 and the Pour le Mérite Oak Leaf Order on 3 May 1918. On 18 August 1917 promotion to Major General and appointment as Commander of the 214th Division. In December 1918 Maercker formed the Freikorps "Landesjäger" from parts of his division; deployment of the Freikorps during the suppression of the Spartakus uprising in January 1919 in Berlin, followed by deployments in Weimar, Gotha, Erfurt, Halle, Magdeburg, Braunschweig and Helmstedt. On 2 May the Freikorps was integrated into the Reichswehr as Reichswehrbrigade 16. On 28 April 1920 Maercker was released from active military service. In 1922 he founded the Deutscher Kolonialkriegerbund. Citation style: BArch, N 786/...

Note from another hand: Since the bow so small, attach this made 10.10. 1881, which I sent to our dear Papa.

Photographer: Guth?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 11,0 X 8,2 Description: 4 boys (white face, ear spirals, feathers around head, arrows) pre braided. Storage containers (bananas in background. Reference: 2 plates (1 added later) and cardboard no. 43 in negative box.

Photographer: Blumer?. Phototype: Photo. Format: 7,7 X 10,3 Description: 5 boys, 4 dressed or decorated like Maasai or Arusha after circumcision (white face painting, long leather robe, ear spirals, feather headdress, arrow and bow), 1 boy with cap on head and with bow, 1 boy with cap on head and with bow. Cloth bekl., also white painting. Reference: See album 19, no. 429 (10,8 X 8,0) "...in Nkoaranga".

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Note Müller:Ho, warrior before 1914, contains: hut, sword, bow, clothes

Phototype: Photo. Format: 9,8 X 14,8. Description: the same as on the print template pattern book I/ 590, front view, arm and leg spirals, ear, neck and hip jewellery, 1 with arrow and bow, 1 with umbrella. Remark: Up. 284, retouched, miss. Gl. 1909, No 9.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 11,3 X 8,2 Description: 4 squatting men, 2 with cap, clothed, 1 with bow and arrow. Remark: Up. 88, faded, retouched.

Phototype: Photo. Format: 4,0 X 5,9. Description: View through sheets inside. Remark: not Africa.