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Wooden hammers of this kind were used for processing bast, in caulking or for tattooing. Bast, with its many applications, would be hammered to make it a soft and workable material, in mat weaving, for example. Hammers were used in conjunction with matching chisels (II/1377) to caulk the seams in the hulls of boats.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Hammer
Dimensions
Height: 35.0 mm
Width: 30.0 mm
Length: 315.0 mm
Material/Technique
Hardwood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1381

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    22.11.1901
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Marshall Islands (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
The provenance of this object is unclear. An old inventory number is missing. In the New Inventory Book, the object is part of a group of 16 "wooden instruments" that are assigned to the Brandeis donation. On the index card from 1970, it is assigned to the 2nd Brandeis donation from November 1901, but it is unclear how the dating came about. It can be assumed that it belongs to the Brandeis collection due to its similarity to comparable objects, but it is not possible to clearly assign it to the two items from 1900/1901.

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