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Fragrance

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According to the collector, this piece of “fragrant wood” root was washed up on the shore. With the use of a clam shell, which has not survived, the wood was finely rubbed and then used as a fragrance for mats and hair oil.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Wood
Dimensions
Length: 120.0 mm
Width: 20.0 mm
Material/Technique
Root wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1367

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    22.11.1901
    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) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 21 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Fragrant wood, shell as grater. Alluvial wood. To make mats or hair oil fragrant". A shell, as mentioned by the collector, is not present.

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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