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Vessel

Giant clamshells of this kind were used as receptacles and cooking pans before the introduction of Western kitchen utensils.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Height: 130.0 mm
Width: 150.0 mm
Length: 130.0 mm
Material/Technique
Snail shell
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1409

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    24.04.1900
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Marshall Islands (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
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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