Fishing gear | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Fishing gear
Speers of this kind were used in shallow reef water to hunt fish. It has a bamboo shaft and eight hardwood spikes. These are bound to the base with fibre string, inserted into the split open shaft and affixed with rattan binding.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Fischfanggerät
Dimensions
Länge: 1430.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1460
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
22.11.1901
where
Nauru (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit)
Object no. 15 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Hook to prick fish. Wood. In shallow water on the reef the fish are pricked with it."
The objects in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).
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