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Vessels made from the stone shell of a coconut were used in Sāmoa to transport and store fresh or salt water for cooking. The small opening of the vessel consists of a widened germ hole of the coconut. Text: Ulrich Menter
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Behälter
- Dimensions
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Height: 12 cm
Diameter: 10 cm - Material/Technique
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Coconut
carved, Polished
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- 034952
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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around 1900
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Samoa
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Change of physical control
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when
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1904
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- Provenance
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From 1900 to
1902 Dr. Hans Podestà was a naval surgeon on the SMS Cormoran, which
dropped anchor several times off Apia, Sāmoa, in both 1900 and 1901. It
can be assumed that Podestà acquired the fan on one of these occasions
in Sāmoa or Apia. Text: Ulrich Menter
Information about the record
- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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