Pendant
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Pendant <jewellery>
A pendant with two animal teeth (probably sperm whale). Sperm whale teeth are very rare as they could only be obtained from beached animals or through trade. On some islands in the Pacific, for example Fiji, only political leaders were allowed to possess such teeth. To this day, they serve as valuable, highly-prized, ceremonial gifts at significant social occasions, such as births, marriages and deaths.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Anhänger
Dimensions
Länge: 95.0 mm, Durchmesser: 20.0 mm
Material/Technique
Dentin
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0764
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Nauru (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
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. 167 (object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Two walrus teeth as neck ornaments".
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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