Water Messages Featured Collections

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The MARKK is committed to the development of new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership with Indigenous peoples for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections.

If you are interested in collaborating, please contact Dr. Johanna Wild: johanna.wild@markk-hamburg.de

Attribution Incomplete

Collections and items in the MARKK have incomplete, inaccurate, and/or missing attribution. We are using this Notice to clearly identify this material so that it can be updated, or corrected by communities of origin.
The MARKK is committed to collaboration and partnerships to address this problem of incorrect or missing attribution.
Walap, model of an outrigger canoe, before 1911, Pacific Ocean

Wa

Model of an outrigger canoe
Marshall Islands
before 1911
wood, coconut fibre cord, woven pandanus sail
160 x 153 x 42 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 11.105:1 / donation by Antonie Brandeis (1868-1945), entry 1911

Rebbelip

Stick chart
Marshall Islands, before 1910
coconut midrib, plant fibre, snail shells
90 x 90 x 5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 393:10 / purchase from Jaluit Company, entry 1910

Stick chart, Marshall Islands, before 1910, South Pacific Ocean
Drum, before 1885, Pacific Ocean

Aje

Drum
Marshall Islands
before 1885
wood, without skin
65 x 26 x 26 cm

MARKK Inv. No. E 989 / donation by C. Krey jur., entry 1885

Dekā in Nin

Bast beater
Marshall Islands
before 1992
giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
30 x 12 x 9 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 92.58:1 / entry 1992

Axe, Marshall Islands, before 1913, Pacific Ocean

Ulul

Axe
Marshall Islands
before 1913
wood, giant clam
(Tridacna gigas)
45.5 x 15 x 4.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 13.143:37 / purchase from Georg Merz, entry 1913

Ek Kāāj

Fishhook
Marshall Islands
before 1950
shell, plant fibre
11,5 x 2,5 x 5,3 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 50.61:21 / exchange, entry 1950

Fishhook
Marshall Islands
before 1963
Pacific Ocean

Ek Kāāj

Fishhook
Marshall Islands
before 1963
shell, plant fibre
15 x 5.7 x 3 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 63.21:28 / purchase, entry 1963

Ek Kāāj

Fishhook
Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
before 1910
shell, plant fibre
12.7 x 3.2 x 6.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 3429b II / appropriated by Augustin Krämer during the Hamburg South Sea Expedition (1908-1910), entry 1910

Fishhook, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands before 1910 Pacific Ocean Shell, plant fibre
Water drinking vessel, Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands, before 1910, Pacific Ocean

Water drinking vessel

Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands
before 1910
shell
17.5 x 21.5 x 20.3 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 7519 II / appropriated by Franz Emil Hellwig (1854-1929), during the Hamburg South Sea Expedition (1908-1910), entry 1910

Marmar

Necklace
Majel, Marshall Islands
before 1879
spondylus, coconut shell, white shells
4.7 x 39 x 0.6 cm

MARKK Inv. No. E 709 / purchase from Carl Wilhelm Lüders (1823-1896), entry 1879

Necklace
Majel, Marshall Islands
before 1879
Pacific Ocean
Spondylus, coconut
Paddle, Marshall Islands, before 1969, Pacific Ocean

Jebwe

Paddle
Marshall Islands
before 1969
wood
154 x 10 x 4 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 69.21:1 / donation, entry 1969

Water vessel

Marshall Islands
before 1922
coconut, pandanus leaf and coconut fibre
16 x 15.5 x 13.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 22.63:9 / donation by Antonie Brandeis (1868-1945), entry 1922

Water vessel, Marshall Islands, before 1922, Pacific Ocean
Triton trumpet, No place or date documented, Pacific Ocean

Triton trumpet

No place or date documented
shell (Charonia tritonis)
14.5 x 36 x 42 cm

MARKK Inv. No. xx oz 1138 / no information available in the museum documentation

Spondylus americanus

Oceania
before 1980
7.5 x 10 x 11 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 80.10:18 / purchase, entry 1980

Spondylus americanus
Oceania
Giant clam
(Tridacna Gigas)
Place not documented
before 1980
Indo-Pacific Ocean

Giant clam

(Tridacna Gigas)
Place not documented
before 1980
37 x 76 x 55 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 80.10:7 / purchase, entry 1980

Abalone

(Haliotis)
No place or date documented
21 x 8 x 17.2 cm

MARKK Inv. No. xx oz 1137 / no further information in museum documentation

Abalone (Haliotis)
Indo-Pacific Ocean
Naga, Shadow play figure, Northern Bali, Indonesia, before 1989, Indian Ocean

Naga

Shadow play figure
Northern Bali, Indonesia
before 1989
leather, pigments, wooden sticks
55 x 92 x 2 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 89.69:179 / purchase, entry 1989

Model of a fish trap

Kalimantan Island, Indonesia
before 1913
59 x 38.5 x 33 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 13.120:236 / purchase from W. Heldermann, entry 1913

Model of a fish trap, Kalimantan Island, Indonesia, before 1913
Fish trap, Java, Indonesia, before 1905

Fish trap

Java, Indonesia
before 1905
cane reeds
56 x 24.5 x 23 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 6094:05 / donation by a member of the Warburg family, entry 1905

Water Basket

Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia
before 1905
palm leaf
24 x 30 x 15 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 281:05 / donation by Eduard Lorenz-Meyer, entry 1905

Water Basket, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia, before 1905, Makassar Strait
Water vessel with decorative carvings, Marquesas Islands, before 1960, Pacific Ocean

Water vessel with decorative carvings

Marquesas Islands
before 1960
coconut, bone
18 x 18.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 60.40:3 / exchange with Matthias Ludovicus Joannes Lemaire (1891-1979), entry 1960

Paddle

Manuae, Cook Islands
date not documented
wood
145 x 28.5 x 5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. E 572 / no information in museum documentation

Paddle

Manuae, Cook Islands
before 1931
wood
109 x 25 x 5.8 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 31.247:1 / donation by Richard Sthamer, entry 1931

Paddle

Irian Jaya
before 1916
wood
155 x 15 x 3.2 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 16.39:3 / donation by Eugen Engler, entry 1916

Paddle, Irian Jaya, before 1916, Pacific Ocean
Paddle, Nakanai, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, before 1908, Bismarck Sea, South Pacific Ocean

Paddle

Nakanai
New Britain, Papua New Guinea
before 1908
wood
165 x 14 x 3.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 885 I / appropriated by Wilhelm Müller-Wismar (1886-1916) during the Hamburg South Sea Expedition (1908-1910), entry 1908/09

Carved Crocodile

Papua-Neuguinea
before 1921
wood, pigments
13,5 x 187,5 x 11 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 21.49:3 / purchase from the former Reichsabrechnungsstelle Hamburg, entry 1921

Stairs of a stilt house in the shape of a crocodile, Village Lala, Manus Province, Admiralty Islands, before 1908, South Pacific Ocean

Stairs of a stilt house in the shape of a crocodile

Village Lala, Manus Province,
Admiralty Islands
before 1908
wood, pigments
183.5 x 19.5 x 21 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 2914 I / purchase from Albert Stehr via Franz Emil Hellwig (1854-1929) during the Hamburg South Sea Expedition (1908-1910), entry 1908

Khosha

Model of boat for the
transport of livestock
Bangladeshi boat builders
Pabna, Bangladesh
before 2005
wood, metal, fabric
85 x 73 x 45 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 2008.25:3 / donation, entry 2008

Model of boat for the transport of livestock, Bangladeshi boat builders, Pabna, Bangladesh, before 2005, Padma River, Ganges Delta, Wood, metal, fabric
Model of Boat for the transport of timber, Bangladeshi boat builders, Khulna, Bangladesh, before 2005, Ganges Delta, Wood, metal, fabric

Podi

Model of Boat for the transport of timber
Bangladeshi boat builders
Khulna, Bangladesh
before 2005
wood, metal, fabric
72 x 92.5 x 29 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 2008.25:6 / donation, entry 2008

Vishnu on the world serpent

Anant Shivaji Desai at Ravi Varma Press
Maharashtra, India
1906-1945
printing color on paper
36.8 x 25.1 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 84.14:592 / purchase, entry 1984

Vishnu on the world serpent, Anant Shivaji Desai at Ravi Varma Press Maharashtra, India, 1906-1945
Water container, China, before 1866, Northern Pacific Ocean, Bamboo

Water container

China
before 1866
bamboo
30.5 x 15 cm

MARKK Inv. No. A 188 / donation by I. F. Schmidt, entry 1866

Waka hoe

Paddle
Aotearoa, New Zealand
before 1913
wood
182 x 16.5 x 6 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 13.138:3 / purchase from Thomas Edward Donne, entry 1913

Waka hoe, Paddle, Aotearoa, New Zealand, before 1913, Pacific Ocean
Chigdax, Gut parka, Unangax, Alaska, before 1937, North Pacific Ocean

Chigdax̂

Gut parka
Unangax̂
Alaska
before 1937
seal gut, birdskin,
feathers, sinew, wool
190 x 115 x 30 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 37.37:1 / exchange with Infanterie-Regiment 69 III. Bataillon, Hamburg, entry 1937

Amaat

Women’s outer parka
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kitaa (West Greenland)
before 1877
seal and reindeer skin
98 x 47 x 42 cm

MARKK Inv. No. B 10a / appropriated by Johann Adrian Jacobsen (1853-1947) for Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) in Ilulissatin 1877, entry 1878

Women’s outer parka
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kitaa (West Greenland)
before 1877
Disko Bay
Seal and reindeer skin
Women’s knife
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1881
Arctic Ocean
Wood, iron

Ulu

Women’s knife
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1881
wood, iron
9.2 x 10.2 x 1.8 cm

MARKK Inv. No. A 1113 / exchange with the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, entry between 1881 and 1905

Mittens

Inuit (Kalaalit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1915
sealskin
43 x 28.5 x 4 cm
46 x 23 x 2.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 15.11:41 / purchase from J.F.G. Umlauff (1833-1899), entry 1915

Mittens
Inuit (Kalaalit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1915
Arctic Ocean
Sealskin
Needle holder
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
before 1893
Greenland Sea
Sealskin, bone

Needle holder

Inuit (Kalaallit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
before 1893
sealskin, bone
1.7 x 7.9 x 44.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. B 2694 / exchange with the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, entry 1893

Kayak with human figure and paddle

Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1905
ivory or bone
3.3 x 6.8 x 13 cm

MARKK Inv. No. B 21 / purchase from Carl Wilhelm Lüders (1823-1896), entry before 1905

Kayak with human
figure and paddle
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
before 1905
Ivory or bone
Snow goggle, Inuit (Kalaallit), Upernivik, Kitaa (West Greenland), 19th century, Wood, leather strap

Snow goggles

Inuit (Kalaallit)
Upernivik, Kitaa (West Greenland)
19th century
wood, leather strap
4.5 x 16.3 x 15 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 12.114:23 / purchase from Christian Leden, entry 1912

Snow goggles

Inuit (Kalaallit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
19th century
wood, leather strap
16 x 20 x 5.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. B 2692 / exchange with National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, entry 1893

Snow goggles
Inuit (Kalaallit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
19th century
Wood, leather strap
Snow goggle, Inuit (Kalaalit), Tunu (East Greenland), late 19th – early 20th century, Wood, leather strap

Snow goggles

Inuit (Kalaalit)
Tunu (East Greenland)
late 19th – early 20th century
wood, leather strap
2.5 x 15 x 7.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 74.31:5 / donation, entry 1974

Summer Camp: A Seal Hunt Scene

Hoseas Tukula (Kalaallit)
Tasiilaq, Tunu (East Greenland)
20th century
wood print
45.5 x 30.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 74.59:1 / purchase, entry 1974

Summer Camp: A Seal Hunt Scene, Hoseas Tukula (Kalaallit), Tasiilaq, Tunu (East Greenland), 20th century, Greenland Sea, Wood print
Sea Lion Figurine
presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
Ivory or bone

Sea lion figurine

presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
3.6 x 2.1 x 4.2 cm

MARKK Inv. No. A 2783 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891

Seal figurine

presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
1.7 x 1.7 x 5.4 cm

MARKK Inv. No. A 2790 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891

Seal Figurine
presumably Chukchi Sibiria before 1891 Ivory or bone
Human Figure presumably Chukchi Sibiria before 1891 Ivory or bone

Human figure

presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
7.5 x 2 x 1 cm

MARKK Inv. No. A 2749 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891

Human figure

presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
5.6 x 2 x 1.4 cm

MARKK Inv. No. A 2751 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891

Human Figure, presumably Chukchi, Sibiria, before 1891, Ivory or bone
Human Figure, presumably Chukchi, Sibiria, before 1891, Ivory or bone

Human figure

presumably Chukchi
Sibiria
before 1891
ivory or bone
9 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm

MARKK Inv. No. A 2752 / appropriated by whaling Captain Höck purchase from Friedrich Dörries junior, entry in 1891

Two seals on their backs

Yupiit, Iñupiat or Aleut
Alaska
before 1882
ivory
2.5 x 14 x 3 cm

MARKK Inv. No. B 669 / purchase from Comptant, entry in 1882

Two seals on their backs
Yupiit, Iñupiat or Aleut
Alaska
before 1882
Ivory
Cribbage scrimshaw board, Yupiit or Iñupiat, Alaska, before 1966, Bering Sea Walrus tusk

Cribbage scrimshaw board

Yupiit or Iñupiat
Alaska
before 1966
walrus tusk
3.5 x 37.5 x 6.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 66.7:1 / purchase, entry 1966

Snow goggles

Yupiit, Iñupiat or Aleut
Alaska
19th – early 20th century
wood
6.5 x 3.5 x 17 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 74.31:6 / donation, entry 1974

Snow goggle, Yupiit, Iñupiat or Aleut, Alaska, 19th – early 20th century, Wood
Snow goggle, Iñupiat, Alaska, late 19th – early 20th century, Wood, leather strap

Snow goggles

Iñupiat
Alaska
late 19th – early 20th century
wood, leather strap
4 x 13 x 10 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 74.31:7 / donation, entry 1974

Nuliajuk

(Mother of the Sea)
Isa Kasudluak (Inuit)
Inukjuak, Turtle Island (North America)
before 1981
carved Stone
11.7 x 19.7 x 7.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 81.12:1 / purchase from Galerie Berger, entry 1981

Nuliajuk (Mother of the Sea), Isa Kusudluak (Inuit), Inukjuak, Turtle Island (North America), before 1981, Hudson Bay
Paddle, Charles N. Natkong SR (Lla‘iishaan) (Tlingit), Higdáa Gándlaay (Hydaborg), Alaska, before 1978, Sukkwan Strait

Paddle

Charles N. Natkong SR (Lla‘iishaan)
(Tlingit)
Higdáa Gándlaay (Hydaborg), Alaska
before 1978
painted wood
158.5 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 78.42:8 / purchase from Wolfgang Haberland via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1978

Raven releases humanity from a clamshell

Claude Davidson (Haida)
Old Massett, British Columbia,
Turtle Island (North America)
1978
argillite
9 x 12.5 x 10.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 78.42:12 / purchase by Wolfgang Haberland via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1978

Raven, Man and Killerwhale Transformation 1

Tony Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Alert Bay/Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Turtle Island (North America)
1980
screen print on paper (82/190)
75 x 55.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 82.44:1 / purchased by Wolfgang Haberland via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1982

Kwa-Gulth Thunderbird, Killerwhale and Human

Tony Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Alert Bay/Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Turtle Island (North America)
1978
screen print on paper (3/59)
30.5 x 40.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 78.42:26 / purchased by Wolfgang Haberland via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1978 and 1982

Kwa-Gulth Thunderbird and Orca

Calvin Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Alert Bay/Cormorant Island, British Columbia, Turtle Island (North America)
1979
screen print on paper, artist’s proof
56 x 80 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 79.48:1 / donation by Calvin Hunt, entry 1979

Mask with an Orca

Tony Hunt Jr. (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Victoria, British Columbia,
Turtle Island (North America)
before 1978
painted wood
54 x 26.5 x 29 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 78.42:51 / purchased by Wolfgang Haberland from the artist via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1978

Pugwis, Wild Man of the
Sea with a Loon

Stanley C. Hunt (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Victoria, British Columbia,
Turtle Island (North America)
before 1978
painted wood
33.5 x 29 x 52 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 82.43:1 / purchased by Wolfgang Haberland from the artist via funding from INTERVERSA, entry 1982

Fish trap

Dakelh
Bulkley, Turtle Island (North America),
before 1980
44 x 111 x 52 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 80.37:1 / purchase, entry 1980

Fish trap, Dakelh Bulkley, Turtle Island (North America), before 1980

Water drum

Ne Ià:ia’k Nihononhontsá:ke
(Six Nations/Haudenosaunee)
Turtle Island (North America)
before 1909
tree bark, skin
17.5 x 15 x 14 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 1257:09 / purchase from Rudolf Cronau (1855-1939), entry 1909

Canoe model

Great Lakes and Eastern Woodlands First Nations
Turtle Island (North America)
before 1880
birch tree bark, straw embroidery
9 x 8.5 x 24 cm

MARKK Inv. No. B 85a / acquired from Eduard Paul sen., entry 1880

Bear and Fish

Miskwaabik Animiiki (Thunderbird)
Norval Morrisseau (Ojibwe)
Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek
First Nation (Sand Point)
Turtle Island (North America)
1977
silkscreen print on paper (29/50)
38.3 x 28.2 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 82.83:1 / purchase from Walter Irell, entry 1982

Scolding

Saul Williams (Ojibwe)
Weagamow First Nation, North Caribou Lake
Turtle Island (North America)
1977
silkscreen print on paper (50/70)
36.6 x 38 cm

MARKK Inv. Nos. 82.83:2 / purchase from Walter Irell, entry 1982

Who Do Thee Wed?

Barry Peters (Ojibwe)
Pikangikum, Turtle Island (North America)
1976
silkscreen print on paper (24/27)
56.5 x 38.3 cm

MARKK Inv. Nos. 82.83:3 / purchase from Walter Irell, entry 1982

Mother Goose

Goyce Kakegamic (Oji-Cree First Nation)
Sandy Lake First Nation, Turtle Island
(North America)
1976
silkscreen print on paper (32/54)
73.5 x 52.5 cm

MARKK Inv. Nos. 82.83:4 / purchase from Walter Irell, entry 1982

Wampum belt

Onoñda’gegá’ (Onondaga) Nation, Ne Ià:ia’k Nihononhontsá:ke
(Six Nations/Haudenosaunee) Territory
New York State, Turtle Island (North America)
before 1886
beads, leather
7.8 x 80 x 0.3 cm

MARKK Inv. No. B 1974 / purchase from Hugo Schilling, entry 1886

Vessel

Po-Woh-Geh-Owingeh (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
New Mexico, Turtle Island (North America)
1890-95
painted clay
18 x 30 x 21 cm

MARKK Inv. No. B 6093 / donation by Aby Warburg (1866-1929), entry 1902

Snake-shaped Ceramic

Possibly Tairona, dates unknown
Estuary, Magdalena River, Colombia
incised clay
6 x 13 x 8.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 32.205:1 / purchase from Amelie Breling (1876-1965), entry 1932

Paddle

Karajá
Mato Grasso, Brazil
before 1932
wood
170 x 13 x 3.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 32.108:12 / donation by Rudolf Loeser, entry 1932

Otobo

Headdress in the shape of a hippopotamus
Kalabari Ijo
Nigeria
before 1891
painted wood
47 x 23 x 13 cm

MARKK Inv. No. C 1541 / purchase from C. A. Pöhl, entry 1891

Headdress with four fish

Ijo
Nigeria
before 1901
wood, plant fibre
20 x 65 x 24 cm

MARKK Inv. No. C 3057 / purchase from J.F.G. Umlauff (1833-1889), entry 1901

Oki

Water spirit headdress in
the form of a sawfish
Ijo
Nigeria
before 1973
wood, mirror applications
31 x 112.5 x 25.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 73.76:1 / purchase from Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), entry 1973

Carved Crocodile

Ijo
Nigeria
before 1892
wood, pigments
10 x 14 x 125 cm

MARKK Inv. No. C 1579 / purchase from H. Breitwieser, entry 1892

Abora

Fish trap
Nigeria
before 1913
9 x 73 x 15 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 13.66:239 / purchase from Leo Frobenius (1873-1938), entry 1913

Calabash

Nigeria
before 1931
dried gourd
22 x 24 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 31.288:46 / donation by Captain A. Knutzen, entry 1931

Ibe Deskle

Bottle with stopper
Kotoko
Kousséri, Chad and Cameroon
before 1911
Ostrich egg
22 x 16.5 x 15.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 12.148:451 / appropriated by Duke Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg (1873-1969) during the German Central Africa Expedition of 1910/11, entry 1912

Water vessel with lid

Kotoko
Kousséri, Chad and Cameroon
before 1911
animal hide
53 x 26 x 25 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 12.148:1871 / appropriated by Duke Adolf Friedrich zu Mecklenburg (1873-1969) during the German Central Africa Expedition of 1910/11, entry 1912

Mami Wata

Ewe
Togo
before 1989
painted wood
48 x 53 x 10.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 89.19:176a / purchase from Wulf Lohse (1938-2017), entry 1989

Fish trap

Togo
before 1909
45.5 x 80.5 x 73 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 749:09 / purchase from Harry Grunitzky (1873-1912), entry 1909

Crocodile mask

Nuna
Bouri, Burkina Faso
1950s
carved and painted wood (ceiba pintandra)
18 x 128 x 19 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 57.8:1608 / purchase by Kunz Dittmer, entry 1956

Guemboura Kbira

Water jug
Fatima bent Omar (painter)
and Mohamed ben Rami (potter)
Sidi Kacem, Morocco
1980’s
clay
57 x 33.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 88.45:430 / acquired, entry 1988

Dscharra lil-mâ‘

Water jug
Hebron, Palestine
before 1934
clay
37 x 27 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 34.127:5 / donation by Ludwig Julius Brühl, entry 1934

Fayence vessel with humans and fish

Iran
18th-19th century
painted and glazed clay
19 x 31 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 28.151:2 / purchase from Kaiverwaltung, Hübnerkai Hamburg, entry 1928

Kveller plant

(Salicornia herbacea)
Hallig Oland, Germany, before 1924
dried plant, glass bottle, cork
20.5 x 5.8 x 5.8 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:61 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924

Brüllhöan

Foghorn
Hallig Gröde, Germany
before 1924
cow horn
36 x 24 x 9 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:44 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924

Foghorn, Hallig Gröde, Germany, before 1924, Wadden Sea, Cow horn, shell
Foghorn, Hallig Gröde, Germany, before 1924, Wadden Sea, Cow horn, shell

Brüllhöan

Foghorn
Hallig Gröde, Germany
before 1924
shell
11 x 9 x 20 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:45 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924

Fiogger

Weather vane
Hallig Gröde, Germany
before 1924
painted wood
3 x 75.5 x 10.4 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:55 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924

Kruke, Water jug, Hallig Oland, Germany, before 1924, North Sea

Kruke

Water jug
Hallig Oland, Germany
before 1924
clay
40 x 24 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 24.59:19 / purchase from Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), entry 1924

Eel fish trap

Winsener Elbmarsch, Harburg, Germany
before 1966
wicker
33 x 117 x 31.5 cm

MARKK Inv. No. 64.33:194 / purchase, entry 1966

Contact

Dr. Johanna Wild
johanna.wild@markk-hamburg.de

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