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bone, carved

human history
  • Other Name

    souvenir bone carving (descriptive name)

    Errinerung meiner Kriegsgefangenschaft, Stobs, 1915 (maker's title)

    Memento of my imprisonment as a POW, Stobs 1915 (translation)

  • Description

    souvenir bone carving by German POW, Stobs, Scotland, 1915, WW1

    makers markings / title on object:

    on life belt: "S.M.S. / Blucher"

    around life belt: "Errinerung meiner Kriegsgefangenschaft"

    below lifebelt: "Stobs. 1915."

    translation: "Memento of my imprisonment as a POW, Stobs, 1915

  • Place
    Stobs/Scotland
  • Associated Place

    Stobs/Scotland

  • Accession Number
    2003.1.2
  • Accession Date
    17 Jan 2003
  • Other Id

    7745 (Asset Register)

  • Department

    History

    War History

bone carving souvenir

Images and documents

Images

  • bone carving souvenir
  • bone carving souvenir
  • bone carving souvenir
  • bone carving souvenir
  • bone carving souvenir
  • bone carving souvenir
  • bone carving souvenir
  • carved bone souvenir by German POW, WW1 [2003.1.1.2]
  • carved bone souvenir by German POW, WW1 [2003.1.2]
  • carved bone souvenir by German POW, WW1 [2003.1.2]
  • carved bone souvenir by German POW, WW1 [2003.1.2]
  • carved bone souvenir by German POW, WW1 [2003.1.2]

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 2003.1.2
  • Primary Maker

     unknown German POW (Carver)

  • Place
    Stobs/Scotland
  • Date
    1915
  • Associated Notes

    bone carving: handcarved & illustrated by German POW (probably off SMS Blucher) while in POW camp in the Scottish Borders, not far from the town of Hawick, during WW1.

    The German battlecruiser SMS Blucher was sunk by the British during the battle of Dogger Bank on 24.1.1915. Germans rescued by the British from this vessel and others were transferred to Stobs POW camp in the Scottish Highlands (which had been established as a POW Camp c. October 1914). By 1916 there were approximately 5,000 German POWs at Stobs. They had various facilities including a library, and also published a newsletter 'STOBSIADE' ["News from Stobs"]

    Further information on Stobs can be found on the internet at http://www.stobscamp.org/.

  • Associated Event
    Battle of Dogger Bank; 24 Jan 1915
  • Associated Person

     unknown German POW (Carver)

  • Associated Place

    Stobs/Scotland

  • Associated Date
    1915
  • Technique

    carving, bone

    carving

  • Period

    World War 1, 1914-18/Wars

  • Signature/marks

    "S.M.S. / Blucher / Errinerung meiner Kriegsgefangenschaft / Stobs. 1915." (title)

  • Media

    bone

  • Measurement Description
    98mm x 62mm x 49mm (h x w x d)
  • Measurement Reading

    98mm

    62mm

    40mm

  • Subject Category

    war art

    prisoner of war/wars

  • Classification

    Carving

    Original Art, Sculpture

    Communication Artefacts

    carving, bone

    souvenir

  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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