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Four coconut shells in a wicker box. They were used as water containers for sea voyages.This and other objects from Micronesia came to Freiburg via Eugen Brandeis, who was governor on the island of Jaluit on behalf of the German colonial government from 1898 until 1906. However, most of this ethnographic collection donated to the museum was collected by his wife Antonie Brandeis, who not only collected the objects, but also documented them in detail.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Korb
Dimensions
Width: 140.0 mm
Height: 140.0 mm
Length: 580.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood, Coconut, Coconut fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1298

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    22.11.1901
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Marshall Islands (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (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. 37 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Korb f. Drinking water. Coconut twine and hollowed out nuts. Formerly used by chiefs to carry drinking water on sea voyages."

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