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Boat ornament

A boat ornament, a so-called canoe prow ornament, which is attached to both ends of an outrigger canoe. Size and design indicate the owner and the provenance of the boat. There are distinctive spiral ornaments typical of the Admiralty Islands on this and two further objects in the collection.This item, as well as other objects in the Oceania collection, were collected by Wilhelm Lebahn, captain of the Imperial Navy survey ship »S.M.S. Planet«, on which the ethnologist, anthropologist and marine doctor Augustin Krämer was also travelling.The Lebahn collection was sold after his death by his brother-in-law Dr. Rudolf Plähn from Waldkirch.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Boat ornament
Dimensions
Breite: 170.0 mm, Höhe: 720.0 mm, Tiefe: 60.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0362

Provenance and sources

when
around 1900

when
31.07.1907
who
Plähn, Rudolf - Former Possessors

where
Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
who
Lebahn, Wilhelm - Collectors

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