Bag | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Bag
Another important food staple for people living on the Marshall Island, alongside the fruit of the pandanus and breadfruit fruits, was a flour ground from the tubers of the arrowroot plant (tacca leontopetaloides). The tubers were grated using a coral stone (II/1407) and then dried on a rack covered with coir. The flour was kept in bags like this one as a provision on board sea voyages. According to Antonie Brandeis, this bag containing arrowroot was intended for a chief.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Tasche
Dimensions
Höhe: 100.0 mm, Tiefe: 65.0 mm, Breite: 120.0 mm
Material/Technique
Leaf fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1297
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is related to :
II/1407
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit)
Object no. 33 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "A small bag with arrow root. Bodjo mogemok. Contents arrow root, from outside pand. Leaves". Additional commentary: "No. 33 shows arrow-root as it is also packed for chiefs. Arrow-root is rubbed on the coral stone No. 31 and then dried on a stand covered with coconut bast." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
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