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Brush
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.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Bürste
Dimensions
Länge: 280.0 mm, Breite: 52.0 mm, Umfang: 120.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bast fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1344
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
22.11.1901
where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
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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