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when
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before 1900
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Horn
A conch made from a triton snail shell, its mouth opening to one side. Such conches were used during seafaring to give orders and communicate messages. According to the collector, it was also used at the Boston Mission as a call to prayer.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Signalhorn
- Dimensions
- Length: 400.0 mm
- Material/Technique
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Snail shell
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- II/1454
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Change of legal title:
Donation-
when
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24.04.1900
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Micronesia (location/origin)Oceania (location/origin)Marshall Islands (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania
- Provenance
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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. 35 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "A bugle. Jilil bugebuk. Triton shell" Additional comment: "The large triton shell No. 35 serves as a signalling horn and was used to convey orders and messages during wartime voyages across the sea. Now it serves as a signal for the prayer exercises in the prayer house of the Boston Mission." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
Whether her description refers specifically to this object or is meant in a figurative sense remains unclear. In the former case, the origin would be Jaluit.
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