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Bowl <vessel>

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Large wooden bowls in the form of stylised animals were only used as food bowls on special occasions on the Admiralty Islands. Viewed as valuable objects, they were traded between the islands. They were also part of the bride price or marriage payment paid by the husband's family to the family of the wife.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Schale
Dimensions
Height: 290.0 mm
Diameter: 580.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood, Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0138

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    around 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    31.07.1907
    who
    Plähn, Rudolf - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
    who
    Lebahn, Wilhelm - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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