Vessel | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Vessel
Giant clamshells of this kind were used as receptacles and cooking pans before the introduction of Western kitchen utensils.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Höhe: 130.0 mm, Breite: 150.0 mm, Länge: 130.0 mm
Material/Technique
Snail shell
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1409
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
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. 27 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Shell as cooking pot. Layered lid. Shell". Additional comment: "Shells no. 27 and 28 were formerly used as cooking pots." (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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