Engagement present

Title

Engagement present

Description

Engagement gift of a bride in Hatunuru-Alune, according to the index card a piece "dessirimassu", the bindings are missing. According to the original catalogue attributed to the "Alune"

Creator

Unknown

Rights

© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Alternative Title

loho (?)

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, Hatanuru)

Collector

Date collected

1911

Physical Dimensions

ca. 60 cm

Materials

Leaf fibers, leaf

Collecting Institution

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Inventory Number

20600

Collection

Citation

Unknown , “Engagement present,” 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/244.

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