Needle box | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Needle box
Weaving roofs, sails, baskets or mats was one of the main handicraft activities of women in the Marshall Islands. Differently fine tools were therefore used to meet the various requirements for processing the material. Fine needles made from bird bones like these were used to embroider bast ornaments on mats. The three needles are in a hollow piece of bamboo that is closed with a piece of fabric.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Nadelbüchse
Dimensions
Länge: 210.0 mm, Durchmesser: 16.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bamboo
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1374
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
22.11.1901
where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
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. 20 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Needle box with small needle. Bird bone. To embroider small mats with raffia."
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