Funnel for sago
Title
Funnel for sago
Description
Funnel made of leaf sheaths, used for cleaning sago
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
26 cm (23,5 cm in diameter)
Materials
Leaf sheath, sagopalm
Collecting Institution
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Inventory Number
27274
Curatorial notes
For a compareable funnel see Odo Deodatus Tauern's puplication Patasiwa und Patalima: Vom Molukkeneiland Seran und seinen Bewohnern (1918, Leipzig: R. Voigtländer) table 97 a.
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Funnel for sago,” 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/367.
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