Necklace
marmar
Language: unknown
Necklace <jewellery>
Data Provider
Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Kette
Dimensions
Länge: 1220.0 mm
Material/Technique
Snail shell
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1800
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
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. 122 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Kette. Marmat. Grey shells". Additional comment: "The islanders wear necklaces of tortoiseshell shells and dolphin teeth [No. 98-128. Necklaces] as jewellery around their necks". (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
The term "marmat" is found in the collector's list of objects, but is probably a spelling mistake. In the Marshall Islands, the term "marmar" would be more appropriate for necklaces of this type. In the old inventory, the object was listed under "marmar".
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