Bamboo container
Title
Bamboo container
Description
Long, round lime container made of bamboo with colored ornaments ("tarane", "lilihane", "patele e-tiai-le pui", "haapita"). According to the original catalogue attributed to the "Wemale"
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, Lumapelu)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
ca. 26 cm (4,3 cm in diameter)
Materials
Bamboo
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20522
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/211.
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