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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Dolch
Dimensions
Länge: 270.0 mm, Durchmesser: 70.0 mm
Material/Technique
Palm wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1474

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
24.04.1900
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors

where
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Nauru (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. 142 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "A hand weapon. Wood with shark's tooth". Additional comment: "No. 141 and 142 show hand weapons as used by jealous women to tear open the cheeks of their enemies." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1). The artefacts in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).

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