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05 September 2009

Home appliances

Sharing Cultural Memory

Contents - About the museum Siwalima - The Maluku Islands (Moluccas) - History of the "Spice Islands"                  * Early history                  * The Iberians                     * The Dutch                 * After Indonesian independence                 * The 1999-2003 Inter-communal Conflict - The current exhibitions - Virtual Museum - Bibliography

 

 

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Spoon Tanimbar? Size: 18.5 x 5 cm Collection: Adensamer, Theodor 1897 Museum of Ethnology, Vienna Cat. no. 61013

 

 

 

Betel box Ambon Size: 8 x 18 x 25 cm Collection: Museum Siwalima Museum Siwalima, Ambon Cat. no. 0002 This box made of cloves with betel utensils has a historic meaning for the Museum Siwalima: These paraphernalia were used during a ceremony on the occasion of the museums relocation to its current location. One meaning of this ceremony was to symbolize the plentifulness and unity of the Maluku Islands.

 

 

 

Basket with lid Ambon?, Moluccas Size: 21 x 16.5 x 13.5 cm Collection: Campen, Harry George 1884 Museum of Ethnology, Vienna Cat. no. 20498 Objects made of cloves are produced to this day - see a family enterprise manufacturing model boats here.

 

 

 

Dining table Lesa Seram Size: 16 x 60 cm Collection: N. Tuarissa 1978 Museum Siwalima, Ambon Cat. no. 0112 This traditional dining table was called "Lesa". The dishes were placed on this table and the family members sat around it during their meals. An old saying refered to this table: "If you become rich and famous, do not forget your "Lesa" (ancestry) and your "Adat" (traditional culture). Today this dining tables are neither used nor produced anymore.

 

 

 

Spoon Tanimbar? Size: 17.5 x 5.5 cm Collection: Adensamer, Theodor 1897 Museum of Ethnology, Vienna Cat. no. 61012

 

 

 

Spoon hanger Amahai, Central Moluccas Size: 60 x 24 cm Collection: Museum Siwalima Museum Siwalima, Ambon Cat. no. 0122 This netting was used to store spoons (mostly made of coconut shells), in particular in connection with traditional ceremonies ("Adat"-rites) like weddings: the bride had to relocate her household and personal effects (including this plaited spoon holder) to the house of the bridegroom. Today these spoon holders are neither produced nor in use.

 

 

 

Reel Tanimbar Size: 30 x 42 cm Collection: Museum Siwalima Museum Siwalima, Ambon Cat. no. 0336 The column of this tool to spin the fiber at weaving is shaped as a ancestry figurine. It is related by oral tradition that the art of weaving is passed down by the ancestors to the living generations. Every young woman has to learn the technique of weaving before she is allowed to marry.

 

 

 

Sago form Ouw - Saparua, Central Moluccas Size: 22 x 11 x 6,5 cm Collection: Museum Siwalima Museum Siwalima, Ambon Cat. no. 0788 This form for Sago is typical for Saparua.

 

 

 

Set of sieves Batjan Size: up to 24 x 24 cm Collection: Svoboda (Ship Aurora) 1888 Museum of Ethnology, Vienna Cat no. 29626

 

 

 

Set of boxes Geser, East-Seram Size: 36 x 63 cm Collection: Pieters, Herman 1973 Museum Siwalima, Ambon Cat. no. 0019 A set of boxes made of Pandanus leaves; used to store clothes, decorations and other items of value.

 

 

 

Box with lid Halmahera Size: 35 x 25 x 20 cm Collection: Svoboda (Ship Aurora) 1888 Museum of Ethnology, Vienna Cat. no. 29643

 

 

 

Debt panel Kei Island Collection: ESTE 1893 Size: 47.5 x 17 x 1.5 cm Museum of Ethnology, Vienna Cat. no. 106983

 

 

 

 

 

 

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