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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.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cataloguing data

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

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
22.11.1901
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors

where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors

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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