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This menswear barkcloth skirt (in) is an example of typical pre-colonial clothing worn by people living on the Marshall Islands. It is made from two bundles of long bast strips, which are bound by a fine, braided strap. The bast is stripped from a tree and then dried in the sun. A triangular-shaped, cord mat was often worn underneath the barkcloth skirt (II/1620). The skirt was fastened with a belt made from pandanus leaves (II/1320). A long, finely-braided string (II/1320) was then wrapped around it many times over. The manufacture of these skirts was often highly elaborate, thus making them very valuable.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Rock
Dimensions
Height: 240.0 mm
Width: 720.0 mm
Length: 1080.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bast
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1265
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Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    24.04.1900
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Marshall Islands (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 7 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Bastrock. in. bast". Additional comment: "In earlier years, the clothing of the Marshall Islanders consisted of a wide bast skirt No. 7 for the men, as can also be seen on Photogr. No. 7 and 8. A triangular mat No. 13 is tied underneath. The bast skirt was fastened over a belt of pandanus leaves No. 8. A finely woven cord No. 9, the most valuable part of the garment, was tied around this belt several times. The skirt is made of raffia (lo), which is pulled from a tree and dried in the sun." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).

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