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Ropes made from coir were important for boat building and fishing. With hard ironwood staffs like this one, coconut husks were beaten to make the fibrous coir suppler for plaiting.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Hammer
Dimensions
Länge: 560.0 mm, Durchmesser: 45.0 mm
Material/Technique
Ironwood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1390
Related object(s)
is related to : II/1263
is related to : II/1262

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. 80 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "A wood for beating coconut fibre. Ken in rengreng beo. Ironwood". Supplementary comment: "The ropes are twisted from coconut fibre in various thicknesses. To make the coconut fibre pliable, it is beaten soft with pieces of ironwood No. 80." (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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