Woman tattooing Erwin Stresemann
Title
Woman tattooing Erwin Stresemann
Description
Black and white image showing a woman tattooing Erwin Stresemann on his right arm while both are sitting on the stem of a wooden house
Creator
Unknown
Rights
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Image: © Carola Radke, MfN
Image: © Carola Radke, MfN
Date Created
13 October 1911
Physical Dimensions
12,5 x 17 cm
Materials
Photo print on photo paper
Text
Inscription on the back, probably by a family member or close contact of Erwin Stresemann:
"Erwin Stresemann in W-Seram 1911 wird von einer Malayin mit dem Kopfjager-Abzeichen tätowiert"
(English translation: "Erwin Stresemann in W-Seram 1911 is getting the headhunters' tattoo from a Malay woman.")
Stamps and inscriptions made by the archive:
"Bestand: Zool. Mus. Signatur: BI/2115 Inv. Nr.: C-4897"
"Erwin Stresemann in W-Seram 1911 wird von einer Malayin mit dem Kopfjager-Abzeichen tätowiert"
(English translation: "Erwin Stresemann in W-Seram 1911 is getting the headhunters' tattoo from a Malay woman.")
Stamps and inscriptions made by the archive:
"Bestand: Zool. Mus. Signatur: BI/2115 Inv. Nr.: C-4897"
Collecting Institution
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Inventory Number
BI/2115
Curatorial notes
Further information on the photograph and its provenance can be found in Marten, Luisa. 2024. "Komplexe Zeichen - Erwin Stresemann lässt sich tätowieren" for Bilder der Natur, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Woman tattooing Erwin Stresemann,” 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/5.
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