Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 27 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Child's necklace. Rare red shell". The collector's additional comment on object II/0780 also fits the pendant of this necklace: "[...] The individual pieces are taken from a shell which is imported from other groups. Each shell has only one red spot, which is knocked out and then rubbed back and forth on a stone using a piece of tapping stone until the required shape and smoothness is achieved. This involves hours or even days of work for each small link of the chain." ("Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas", SAF D.Sm 35/1). The rarity of the shell and the great amount of work involved in making it made such pieces of jewellery very valuable. They tended to be worn by members of high-ranking families. The collector reports several times how she received gifts from visiting chiefs and especially their wives. These will often have been prestigious objects such as this one.