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Ladle

Wooden ladles like these were used to scoop water out of the canoes on sea voyages.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Schöpfkelle
Dimensions
Width: 340.0 mm
Height: 530.0 mm
Material/Technique
Coconut fibre, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1283

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    24.04.1900
    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
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. 94 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Eine Canoeschaufel. Lim". Additional comment: "No. 94 is for scooping out water, often without a handle." (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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