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Hat

The tapered headdress consists of leaves sewn together and external leaf ribs for stabilisation. On several sides the supports are decorated with black and white braided bands, which are additionally ornamented with cut feathers and shell discs.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Hut
Dimensions
Height: 630.0 mm
Diameter: 310.0 mm
Width: 750.0 mm
Material/Technique
Shell, Bird feather, Leaf
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1419

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    01.01.1890 - 31.12.1899
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    22.11.1901
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Nauru (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
    Kaiser, Ludwig - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) The provenance of this object is unclear. An old inventory number is present, but not legible. A total of three so-called "dancing hats" from Nauru came to Freiburg as part of the Brandeis collection: II/1420 (1st consignment 1900) and two objects which, according to the collection documents, did not receive new inventory numbers ("2 Tanzhüte aus Pandanusblättern u. Federn", old inv. no. 2221 + 2222, both 2nd consignment 1901). There is an illustration of 2222 in Hambruch 1912 (p. 325), which is similar to this one, but without the small feathers. It is therefore possible that II/1419 is 2221, i.e. object no. 101 (object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Tanzhut. Pandanus leaves and feathers. Only worn on the island of Nauru". Name for this type of hat on Nauru according to Hambruch ākuăn. The objects in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).

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