Parang
Title
Parang
Description
Dark brown wooden club with a carving on the tip
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
wauepuule parang
Provenance
Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1913. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.
Place of Creation
Seram (West, Seleman Bai, Horali)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
63 cm
Materials
Wood
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20443
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Parang,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 31, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/186.
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