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ladle

Water scoop consisting of a halved coconut shell and a wooden handle decorated with a carved depiction of a anthropomorphic figure. The coconut shell is painted red and otherwise undecorated. Inside is an old paper label with the handwritten note "Nauer 11/3 11". The handle is attached to the bottom of the coconut shell and is held in position at one point on the outer wall by a thin string of plant fibre wrapped around it several times. The handle is also painted red and decorated at the top with an elaborately carved human figure, whose arms hang down at the sides. The body is decorated with black geometric patterns on a white background.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen

Cataloguing data

Object type
ladles
Dimensions
General: 32 × 21 × 12 cm, with perspex ring
Material/Technique
Wood; coconut hollowed out; carved; painted
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D10021
Other number(s)
http://coll.uebersee-museum.de/v/D10021

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900-1912
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Publishing
    Description
    Oceania Collection Voyages - Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/people/Oceania-Collection-Voyages/100083002609221/ (last accessed on: 31/08/2023)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic collections

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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