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Apron

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Front section of a dance apron for women. Groups of shell money beads, grey pearl barley seeds and segments of palaquium fruit are sewn in parallel rows on a piece of barkcloth. The pattern is repeated at the bottom edge, but in a considerably more concentrated form. This elaborate and valuable adornment is a sign of the garment's importance as festive clothing. Similar dance loincloths are still made and worn today by women on the Admiralty Islands.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Schurz
Dimensions
Width: 680.0 mm
Height: 920.0 mm
Material/Technique
Coix, Shell, Seeds, Bird feather, Bark
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1170

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Purchase
    when
    22.06.1901
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Admiralty Islands (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
    Manus (location/origin)
    who
    Speyer, Arthur - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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