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Fruit, such as pandanus or coconuts or arrowroot tubers, belonged to the main nutritional staples on the pre-colonial Marshall Islands. Special tools such as this one had culinary uses, for example in preparing meals or conserves from the fruit. A clam shell was affixed to a wooden rack, whereby the fruit could be finely scraped out and then subsequently cooked or dried.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Schaber
Dimensions
Breite: 240.0 mm, Höhe: 170.0 mm, Länge: 250.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1404

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
24.04.1900
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) Object no. 24 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Ein Gestell um Pandanus z. schaben. Away. Shell on a wooden base". Additional comment: "Coconut is either eaten raw or scraped and cooked with rice. Also arrow-root placed inside and turned over. The squeezed juice serves as an accompaniment to all dishes. Pandanus is eaten raw or boiled. A preserve is prepared by scraping the cooked fruits individually over the shells No. 24 and 25 or coconut No. 26, pouring them onto coconut bast No. 97 and drying them on a frame model No. 5 in the sun." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).

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