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kali bitu

Three-part neck rest (kali) made of bamboo cane (bitu) and two attached wooden legs. Neck supports supported the head of the reclining man and protected his hairstyle.

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Object type
Neck support
Dimensions
Weight: 0,83 kg
Height: 17 cm
Width: 48 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Bamboo, Wood, Plant fibre (coconut)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 1074

Provenance and sources

Production
when
before 1876
where
Polynesia
Fiji
Collecting
who
Franz Hermann Strauch (1846-04-11 - 1928-08-12) - Collectors
Change of legal title:
Acquisition
Description
Access unknown, by Franz Hermann Strauch around 1876
Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania

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