lega

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Red, black and yellow dyes were used to decorate the barkcloth (siapo). The bag made of untreated bark bast contains turmeric, which served as a yellow dye (lega). Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Stempel
Dimensions
Höhe: 10.5 cm, Durchmesser: 3.5 cm
Material/Technique
Turmeric, Bark bast , Plant fibre
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
086435

Provenance and sources

when
before 1899

where
Samoa
who
Krämer, Augustin - Collectors

when
1913
Provenance
The object is part of a collection that the Linden Museum received from the Royal Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart in 1913. Augustin Krämer, who was the first director of the Linden Museum from 1911 to 1915, acquired it during one of his stays on the Samoan islands. As a naval surgeon on the SMS Bussard stationed in Apia, Krämer initially stayed at Sāmoa from 1893 to 1895. A second voyage, during which he also visited Hawai'i and the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), took him again to Sāmoa between 1897 and 1899. The date of the acquisition of the object and the exact circumstances of the acquisition are not yet known. Text: Ulrich Menter

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