Bamboo container
Title
Bamboo container
Description
Long, round bamboo container (lawai) — presumably used for liquids (waile) — ornamentd with weapons and (non-)human figures. The same usage is assumed for item 20497
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
waile lawai
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)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
26,4 cm (4,4 cm in diameter)
Materials
Bamboo
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20498
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Bamboo container,” 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/202.
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