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Ladle

Ladle from the island of Ponam near Manus. Carved ladles were used on festive occasions to serve food and were kept in the men's houses. Little is known about the meaning of the patterns.
The object was collected by Lieutenant Paul Werber from Freiburg, 1st Officer in the Imperial Navy who sailed the South Seas for a total of two years on the S.M.S. Cormoran and donated about 100 objects from various regions of Oceania to the museum.

Data Provider
Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Schöpfkelle
Dimensions
Länge: 280.0 mm, Durchmesser: 110.0 mm
Material/Technique
Coconut fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0474

Provenance and sources

when
1900 - 1910

when
29.11.1911

where
Ponam Island (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Manus (location/origin)
who
Werber, Paul - Collectors

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