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Scraper

Fruit, such as pandanus or coconuts or arrowroot tubers, belonged to the main nutritional staples on the pre-colonial Marshall Islands. Special tools such as this one had culinary uses, for example in preparing meals or conserves from the fruit. A clam shell was affixed to a wooden rack, whereby the fruit could be finely scraped out and then subsequently cooked or dried.

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Object type
Schaber
Dimensions
Height: 190.0 mm
Length: 440.0 mm
Material/Technique
Coconut, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1399

Provenance and sources

Production
when
before 1900
Change of legal title:
Donation
when
24.04.1900
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
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) 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.29 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Coconut scraper. Ken-in-ranigi. Wood with sharpened coconut shard".

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