Three-pronged papeda fork
Title
Three-pronged papeda fork
Description
Wooden fork with three prongs, used for papeda (sago starch porridge)
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Alternative Title
popeda
Provenance
Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1931. 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 (Central)
Collector
Date collected
1911
Physical Dimensions
26,3 x 3,8 cm
Materials
Wood, dark
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
27235a
Curatorial notes
Papeda is a kind of porridge made from sago flour and water. Due to its sticky consistency, forks or sticks are needed to removed it from the pot. In his publication Patasiwa und Patalima: Vom Molukkeneiland Seran und seinen Bewohnern (1918, Leipzig: R. Voigtländer), Odo D. Tauern included images of compareable forks ("popeda-Gabeln"), see tables 99 a-d.
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Three-pronged papeda fork,” 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/355.
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