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Centrifugal stone
The pointed oval shape of Hawaiian sling stones was created by protracted grinding. They served as long-range weapons and could be hurled over long distances with the slingshots (ma'a) woven from solid plant fibres. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Centrifugal stone
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 5 cm
Width: 7.2 cm - Material/Technique
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Stone
ground
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 117341
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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19th century or earlier
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Hawaii
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Change of physical control
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when
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1939
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- Provenance
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The object
traces back to the collection of the Ethnological Museum Berlin (VI 8398
c) and came to the Linden Museum in 1939 through an object exchange with
Arthur Speyer. It was acquired by the physician Eduard Arning
(1855-1936), who stayed in the Kingdom of Hawai'i from 1883-1886. Text:
Ulrich Menter
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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