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Javelin

This spear has been carved with four rows of barbs pointing steeply backwards. Probably used for hunting fish in the reef.

Data Provider
Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Speer
Dimensions
Länge: 2132.0 mm
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0683

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
25.09.1902
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors

where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors

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) This object probably belongs to the collection of Antonie and Eugen Brandeis, even if it cannot be precisely identified. It may be spear no. 90 from the 1st consignment of April 1900: "Speer m. Widerhaken. Mari. Ironwood" (object list, SAF D.Sm 35/1). It has the old inventory number 1368 in the list and was not inventoried until 1902 (presumably at a later date).

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