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Knocker <tool>

The boats building stands out as one of the most remarkable material cultural skills found on the Marshall Islands. Here, eminently seaworthy boats were built without the use of metal or nails. Ironwood chisels, such as this one, and the mallets that go with them, were used for caulking the walls and seams of boats.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Tool
Dimensions
Länge: 240.0 mm, Breite: 39.0 mm, Umfang: 104.0 mm
Material/Technique
Hardwood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1378

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
24.04.1900
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) 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. 57 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Chisel for calfing. Carnict. Ironwood". Additional comment: "Hammer no. 55 and 56 and chisel no. 57-59 are used for calfing" (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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