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Brushes made from coconut fibre like this one were used for cleaning young children, especially to wipe off sand. In the middle it is wrapped with fiber cord and decorated with black lines of braided bast.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Bürste
Dimensions
Length: 280.0 mm
Width: 52.0 mm
120.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bast, Bast fibre, Coconut fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1344

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    22.11.1901
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Marshall Islands (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 99 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Brushes for washing children. Fibres from young coconut."

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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