The provenance of this object is unclear. According to the index card from 1968, the object came to the museum from the Marshall Islands as part of the 2nd Brandeis consignment in November 1901. However, no comparable object is mentioned in Antonie Brandeis' corresponding object list. An old inventory number is missing. In the object list for the first consignment from April 1900 there are two "belts" made of pandanus and bast from Nauru, whose status quo is unclear: Nos. 174 + 175, old inventory numbers 1452+1453. It is possible that II/1302 is one of these belts. Comparable objects can be found in the Marshall Islands collection of Alexander Agassiz in the Peabody Museum Harvard, with the provenances "Ron(g)slab" (presumably Rongelab) and Wotje, both Marshall Islands. Whether the object belongs to the Brandeis collection and originates from the Marshall Islands must therefore remain open.