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. 11 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Two mats. Serve as a woman's skirt. Miridj. Pandanus leaf. Braid with raffia". Supplementary note: "The women's clothing consisted of two mats, the front one of which was tied on first. They were held together with a cord. The women chiefs wore a larger mat tied round the back, on which they sat down to protect the other two. The mats are always woven in pairs and today serve as petticoats. [...] The thick mats are made from fallen leaves of the pandanus tree and are sewn together using bone needles No. 66." Fine mats of this type are called neided in the Marshall Islands. It is possible that the collector meant this term when she wrote down "miridj", which sounds very similar.