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Bast

Black bast of this kind was woven into the fabric in order to decorate the borders of dress mats, among other objects. Special needles were used to knit the bast into the woven strips of mat.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Baststoff
Dimensions
Breite: 30.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bast
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1339
Related object(s)
is related to : II/1338

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900

when
24.04.1900
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors

where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors

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. 73 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Ein Stück Bast. Jap". Additional comment: "The edge of the mats is woven with black-coloured raffia No. 73. The brown raffia No. 72, which is painstakingly obtained from a weed, is knitted into it with a needle." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1). Entry no. 73 in Antonie Brandeis' object list comprises two objects, a brown (II/1338) and a black (II/1339) ball.

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