Mussels | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Mussels
Shells of this kind were used as cutlery, for example when scraping out the meat of a coconut.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Muscheln
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 70.0 mm
Material/Technique
Shell
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1354
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. 29 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Shell, serrated. Pearl shell, common shell. To scrape the coconut out of the shell and bring it to the mouth".
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