Boat ornament | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Boat ornament
Boat ornament for the end pieces of canoes. Carved patterns and, above all, the number of affixed shells indicate the status of the owner. A shell is missing from this item.This item, as well as other objects in the Oceania collection, were collected by Wilhelm Lebahn, captain of the Imperial Navy survey ship »S.M.S. Planet«, on which the ethnologist, anthropologist and marine doctor Augustin Krämer was also travelling.The Lebahn collection was sold after his death by his brother-in-law Dr. Rudolf Plähn from Waldkirch.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Boat ornament
Dimensions
Breite: 220.0 mm, Höhe: 630.0 mm, Tiefe: 60.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0360
Provenance and sources
when
around 1900
when
31.07.1907
where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
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The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
The name of this item is missing in its original language. If you know the name or have any comments, please use the form to get in touch with the institution that provided the data.
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