Knocker
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Knocker <tool>
Mallets and tools resembling hammers, such as these ones, had various uses. Hammers were used in conjunction with matching chisels (II/1377) to seal the gaps in the hulls of boats with caulk. During the tattooing process, small wooden sticks (II/1379.01), subsequently applied with colour, were used to punch patterns in the skin. Bast, with its many applications, would be hammered to make it a soft and workable material, as in the case of mat weaving.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Hammer
Dimensions
Länge: 275.0 mm, Breite: 83.0 mm
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1386
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit)
Object no. 55 (object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Hammer z. Kalfatern. luidj. Eisenholz". Additional comment: "Hammer no. 55 and 56 and chisel no. 57-59 are used for calfing" (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
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