marmar

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Necklace <jewellery>

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Kette
Dimensions
Length: 1220.0 mm
Material/Technique
Snail shell
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1800

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
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Marshall Islands (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. 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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