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Vessel

Bottle made out of a coconut shell with inserted spout. Covered with parinarium paste and ornately decorated, this vessel was presumably used to transport valuable coconut oil, which was part of the bride price. Less ornate coconut shell containers were used in everyday life as water bottles.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Height: 1550.0 mm
Diameter: 125.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plant material, Resins, Coconut
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0456

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    31.07.1907
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
    who
    M.V.H. Fieke - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
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