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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Weapon
Dimensions
Länge: 790.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1462
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Nauru (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit)
Object no. 151 (object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Wurf od. Stoßwaffe. Coconut palm wood". Additional comment: "No. 151-153 were used as throwing weapons made from the trunk of a palm tree. These weapons are now very rare to find."
The objects in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).
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