Zoomorphic mask ·  Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke · ID: 3053408

Maximilian Zupitza, Germany (1868 - 1938)
Franz Curt Fetzer, Vienna, Austria

Maximilian Zupitza (1868–1938) was a German doctor, military surgeon and officer in the Imperial Protectorate forces in German East Africa, Cameroon and Togo. During his colonial service, he led efforts to combat the plague and sleeping sickness, amongst other things, and was involved in military operations during the Maji Maji uprising. He gained particular fame in 1917 through his participation in the legendary Zeppelin mission LZ 104 (L 59), which was intended to supply the besieged colonial forces in German East Africa. In the 1920s, Zupitza lived and worked as a professor in Dresden.