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Lighter

The embers of the hearth were kindled with simple fans like this one.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Feuerzeug
Dimensions
Width: 210.0 mm
Length: 500.0 mm
Material/Technique
Leaf, Braiding
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1312

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
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Marshall Islands (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. 68 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Fan. Palm leaf. To light a fire with it." According to the collector, this fan comes from the Marshall Islands. This was also noted in the old inventory book. On the index card from 1970 and in the new inventory book, however, Gilbert Islands was given as the origin, but it is unclear why.

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