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This rake-like tool is unusual in its type and craftsmanship for its time. As such, it is a good example of how forms of technology and ways of living on Nauru were transformed under European influence. The introduction of gardening is a notable example.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Hacke
Dimensions
Length: 1740.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1459

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    25.09.1902
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Nauru (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
    Kaiser, Ludwig - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 159 (object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Eine Harke f. Gartenarbeit. Ironwood". The objects in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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