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Flute

Flute made from five bamboo canes of different lengths, held together with two cross joints made from plant fibre cords and parinarium putty. The connecting pieces are decorated with black and white ornaments on a red background; two strings with beads made of mussel shell are attached to the upper connecting piece on one side. Such flutes were widespread in Melanesia. The object comes from the collection of the pharmacist, writer and doctor Albert Daiber (1857 - 1928), who travelled to the South Seas from April to September 1900, visiting German and British colonial territories. Stops included Australia, the Bismarck Archipelago, the eastern part of the island of New Guinea, the Caroline and Mariana Islands and China (Hong Kong). He described his experiences in the 1902 travelogue "Eine Australien- und Südseefahrt". Albert Daiber emigrated to Chile in 1909. Before that, he handed over the objects he had collected on his journey to Otto Leube in Ulm, who initially kept the collection and then donated it to the Museum of the City of Ulm as a deposit after Daiber's death in 1930.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
L 22.5 cm, W 6 cm, D 2 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo, parinarium putty, plant fibre, shells
Current location
Museum Ulm
Inventory number
1930.7069

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1900 (?)
    where
    Admiralty Islands
  • Change of physical control
    when
    1900s
    who
    Description
    Collector
  • Change of physical control
    when
    1909-1930
    where
    Ulm
    who
    Description
    Handover to the Museum of the City of Ulm 1930

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