Net sinker (?)

Title

Net sinker (?)

Description

Carved piece of wood, possibly used as a net sinker

Creator

Unknown

Rights

© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

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

10,2 cm

Materials

Wood, hard, light

Collecting Institution

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Inventory Number

27242

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Net sinker (?),” 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/361.

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