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Modèle miniature d'un conteneur de transport "turuma" ·  Tokelau · ID: 3051751

Vendu 2 200 €
Provenance
Reverend W S Goward (1892)
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection, Munich

Description

wood, plant fibre, old collection label: “Turuma Tokelau Islands. Model of Water thight box for carrying articles in canoes over the … Presented to Rev. W S Goward 1892”

Containers called “turuma” were used by Tokelau islanders for carrying clothing and other precious possessions when travelling by canoe.


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