Festive decorations
Title
Festive decorations
Description
Festive decorations made from yellow-colored palm leaf fibers. Fastened together with bark bast bands (see for example item 20608b) by "nolie", coconut shell upper arm rings (see for example item 20651)
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
ipul
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, Uwen)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
ca. 60 cm
Materials
leaf fiber, palm fiber
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20618
Collection
Citation
Unknown , “Festive decorations,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 31, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/249.
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