Upper arm ring
Title
Upper arm ring
Description
Upper arm ring made from a dark brown rattan spiral and lined with a leaf. According to the original catalogue attributed to the "Wemale"
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
saue jawate
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
5,2 cm (9 cm in diameter)
Materials
Rattan, leaf
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20652
Curatorial notes
The original descriptions refer to the place of creation as located in the"Uwin region," today known as Uwen.
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Upper arm ring,” 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/256.
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