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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.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Gefäß
Dimensions
Höhe: 1550.0 mm, Durchmesser: 125.0 mm
Material/Technique
Coconut
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0456

Provenance and sources

when
31.07.1907

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

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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