Sago tongs
Title
Sago tongs
Description
Bamboo sago tongs, wrapped with violet, green and yellow bands, according to original catalogue card attributed to the coastal community and similar to item D. 1482
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
45 cm
Materials
Bamboo
Collecting Institution
GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig
Inventory Number
SAs 10345
File item: 1921/67
Original Number: D. 1489
File item: 1921/67
Original Number: D. 1489
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. 4 (p. 3).
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Sago tongs,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed May 6, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/46.
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