A history review of an ethnographic collection of the Fleishman collection in the Cincinnati Museum Center, to improve storage and exhibition mounts and care. The objects were acquired over a decade of sailing trips in the Melanesia area by Capt. Fleishmann, then from Cincinnati, OH. therefore the objects are in the collection of the Cincinnati History Center ( the old railroad depot.)

1. Melanesia & Polynesia
The
1930 Fleischmann Collection
Cincinnati, OH Museum Center

2. Textiles & Wovens
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Plant materials
Plaited rush
Mulberry innercore as
Tapa
Fig bark tapa
Breadfruit tapa

3. Functional Wovens
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Plant material only
Fish Trap

4. Water carrier

5. Knotted
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Cane knotted with a 30#
weight to drag along the
ocean floor

6. Personal Adornment
Neckband

7. Knotted Decorative Tool

8. Knotted
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Headress for ceremonial
Polynesian wedding

9. Looped Cord & feathers
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Bird of Paradise secured
to produce a dramatic
headress

10. Plaited Sun Shade Umbrella

11. Sunshade Stitchwork

12. Personal Adornment
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Jewelry
Ceremonial Staff

13. Plaited Eye Shade Visor

14. Melanesian & Polynesian
Plant Materials
Woven
Knotted
Felted

15. Complex Wovens

16. Looped Cord