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For boat-building, wooden hammers were used in conjunction with matching chisels like this one to caulk the seams in the hulls of boats.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Stab
Dimensions
Länge: 340.0 mm, Breite: 35.0 mm, Umfang: 94.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1383

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
24.04.1900
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors

where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors

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. 58 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Chisel for calfing. Carnict. Ironwood". Additional comment: "Hammer no. 55 and 56 and chisel no. 57-59 are used for calfing" (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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