Mwiko

Language: Swahili
Language: Swahili
Cooking spoon
Contact the institution

Large cooking spoon made of light-coloured wood with dark brown carved and engraved ornaments

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft
Show only fields containing data

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Menschen an der Küste oder im Küstenhinterland von Ostafrika (Swahili)
Object type
wooden spoon
Dimensions
Length 62 cm, width 7 cm
Material/Technique
Wood carved, fired
Labeling
Inventarnummer 250
Meaning in contexts of origin
Cooking spoon
Object genre
Household
Current location
Museum Witzenhausen
Inventory number
250
Condition
good

Provenance and sources

Production
when
late 19th or early 20th century
where
Tanzania, coastal area or neighbouring regions
who
vermutlich Swahili oder benachbarte Kulturgemeinschaften im Küstenhinterland von Ostafrika
Source(s)
Archive data, field research in Tanzania
Change of physical control:
unknown
when
1903-1906
where
Northern coastal hinterland of Tanzania
who
Rudolf Seitz - Recipients
Description
Following his visit to DKS in 1901-03, Rudolf Seitz lived in DOA from 1903 until his death in the First World War in 1916. In DOA he worked as a plantation assistant on the Sigi Segoma rubber and fruit plantation in the coastal hinterland of Tanga on the eastern edge of the Usambara Mountains. He probably acquired the wooden spoon as part of his work in this area.
Source(s)
https://www.doa-pdb.de/wiki/R._Seitz; Anonymus (1919): "Rudolf Seitz". Deutscher Kulturpionier 17-19 (2): 23; Rudolf Seitz student file, DITSL archive
Change of physical control:
Donation
when
1906
where
Witzenhausen
who
Deutsche Kolonialschule für Landwirtschaft, Handel und Gewerbe (DKS) – seit 27.11.1956 umfirmiert in "Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft GmbH" (DITSL) – Rechtsnachfolgerin der DKS - Recipients
Description
In 1902, the DKS issued a call to its graduates and other related parties to collect cultural and natural artefacts from the German colonies and other overseas territories and donate them to the school's teaching collection. Until the closure of the DKS in 1944, numerous graduates and other stakeholders responded to this appeal.
Source(s)
Anonymus (1907): "Gifts". German Cultural Pioneer 6-7(2): 35
Cultural attribution
when
2024
where
Coast and coastal hinterland of Tanzania
who
Fokusgruppen und Interviews mit Menschen im heutigen Ort Sigi Segoma and anderen Orten an der Küste und im Küstenhinterland in den Regionen Tanga, Lindi und Mtwara
Description
Provenance research project on the East Africa collection of the Museum Witzenhausen
Source(s)
Archive and literature research in Germany, field research at identified locations in Tanzania
Assignment to a curated holding:
Mixed lot Richard Seitz
where
Witzenhausen
who
Richard Seitz - Collectors
Description
Seitz probably acquired the wooden spoon in the northern coastal hinterland of Tanzania.
Source(s)
https://www.doa-pdb.de/wiki/R._Seitz; Anonymus (1907): "Geschenke". Deutscher Kulturpionier 6-7 (2): 35; Rudolf Seitz student file, DITSL archive
Provenance
Seitz probably acquired the cooking spoon between 1903 and 1906 while working as a plantation employee in the northern coastal hinterland of Tanzania. In 1906, it was donated to the DKS together with other cultural and natural artefacts.

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
Funding
Das Projekt "Provenienzforschung zum Ostafrika-Bestand der Sammlung des völkerkundlichen Museums Witzenhausen" wurde von August 2022 bis Dezember 2024 durch das Deutsche Zentrum Kulturgutverluste gefördert. Die Aufbereitung der Ergebnisse zur Präsentation in diesem Portal wurde vom Museumsverband Hessen (MVH) unterstützt.
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.4 / 7.4.1