Sago tongs
Title
Sago tongs
Description
Bamboo sago tongs with brown and violet wickerwork, according to original catalogue card attributed to the coastal community
Creator
Unknown
Rights
© GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: Kim Janke
Provenance
Until an exchange in 1921 part of the collection of the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum Köln
Place of Creation
Misool
Collector
Physical Dimensions
32 cm
Materials
Bamboo
Collecting Institution
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
Inventory Number
SAs 10344
File item: 1921/67
Original Number: D. 1482
File item: 1921/67
Original Number: D. 1482
Curatorial notes
This and other weaving patterns can be found in Tauern's notebook. The pattern of this particular sago tong corresponds to sketch no. 7 (p. 3).
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Sago tongs,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed June 23, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/37.
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