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Needle box

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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.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Nadelbüchse
Dimensions
Length: 210.0 mm
Diameter: 16.0 mm
Material/Technique
Fabric, Bones, Bamboo
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1374

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. 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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CC0 1.0 DEED

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