Rope | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Rope
Capturing and taming frigatebirds (fregatidae) was a common practice in Micronesia and Polynesia. They were kept as pets or trained to deliver messages. The birds were captured using lassos of this kind, which came from Nauru. In her commentary, Antonie Brandeis described the procedure as follows: “The small ring made of rooster feathers is placed over the thumb and then the bast rope is slung into the air, whereby the white stone from the tridacninae clam wraps around the bird.”
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Seil
Dimensions
Höhe: 30.0 mm, Breite: 110.0 mm, Länge: 350.0 mm
Material/Technique
Coconut fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1434
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Nauru (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
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Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit)
Item no. 147 (item list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Wurfschlinge f. Fregattenvögel". Additional comment: "The throwing snare No. 147 is used to catch frigate birds, which are tamed as pets for hobby purposes. The small ring of cock's feathers is slipped over the thumb and then the cord made of bast is flung into the air with the white stone of Tridacna shell wrapped around the bird." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
The artefacts in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).
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