Bowl
Title
Bowl
Description
Bowl made of coconut shell with ornaments on the rim, attached a string of light green and blue glass beads. According to the original catalogue attributed to the "Alune"
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
nunue, owinai
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, Lumasoale)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
5,5 cm (ca. 10 cm in diameter)
Materials
Coconut, glass beads
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20471
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Bowl,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/195.
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