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.

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>

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