Five-pronged comb
Title
Five-pronged comb
Description
Bamboo comb with five prongs and tendril "waiapile" and "haawesseli" ornaments. On the handle a white glass bead (left) and a blue glass bead (right)
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
wapeule, huapeule
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, Raleosawelit)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
30,3 cm (width of prongs 10,5 cm)
Materials
Bamboo, glass beads
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
20717
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Five-pronged comb,” 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/276.
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