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Basket

According to Antonie Brandeis, this basket made from thin strips of coconut leaf, twigs and coconut fibre rope was used to transport chickens. The opening has been finished with a solid edging. According to Eugen Brandeis, Ludwig Kaiser, the district commissioner of Nauru where the objects originated, collected the artefacts at Brandeis' behest.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Korb
Dimensions
Höhe: 330.0 mm, Durchmesser: 610.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0650

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
24.04.1900
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors

where
Nauru (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
Kaiser, Ludwig - Collectors

Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 155 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Chicken basket. Coconut leaf rib and coconut rope". The objects in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).

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