Producer unknown to us
Scraper for pandanus fruit
Oceania, Micronesia, Marshall Islands
Prior to 1901
Sea shell, wood
Emil Hütter (Manager Jaluit Station)
Donation to the museum by Hütter in 1901
Mi 44
People living on the islands used this scraper to remove the pulp of the pandanus fruit. Furthermore, they collected the fruit juice in the shell.
The Jaluit Company was a German colonial trade- and plantation company working in the Pacific region. On the Marshall Islands, they mainly operated coconut palm plantations. The German Reich transferred the administration of these “protectorates” in the Pacific Ocean south of the equator (1888–1906).
Emil Hütter was the manager of the company’s trading post on Jaluit. The museum purchased an extensive part of the Micronesia collections from employees of the Jaluit company. Hütter received a diploma for patrons of the museum, an appreciation of his collecting activity that during his time significantly contributed to a person’s reputation.
Juliane Heinze