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Piece of the paper mulberry tree

Material sample of the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), from whose bark tapa or siapo is made. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Tapa
Dimensions
Länge: 25.5 cm, Durchmesser: 1.6 cm, Breite: 9 cm
Material/Technique
Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papayrifera Vent.)
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
086427

Provenance and sources

when
before 1899

where
Samoa
who
Krämer, Augustin - Collectors

when
1913
Provenance
The Linden Museum received this object in 1913 from the Royal Natural History Cabinet in Stuttgart. It was acquired by Augustin Krämer, director of the Linden Museum from 1911 to 1915, in Sāmoa. His first stay on the island lasted from 1893 to 1895 as a naval surgeon on the SMS Bussard stationed in Apia. A second journey took him again to Sāmoa between 1897 and 1899. The date of the acquisition of the object and the exact circumstances of the acquisition are not yet known. Text: Ulrich Menter

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