Turmeric scraper
Title
Turmeric scraper
Description
Bent wooden tool with a blue glass bead at the upper end, used for scraping turmeric roots. The juice was used as yellow and red dye
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
kakassate
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, Liline)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
18,7 cm
Materials
Wood, glass bead
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20494
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Turmeric scraper,” 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/200.
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