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Jewellery

Belt or jewellery for men, made in three layers of pandanus leaf strips and dyed hibiscus bast.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cataloguing data

Object type
Schmuck
Dimensions
Breite: 90.0 mm, Länge: 900.0 mm
Material/Technique
Leaf
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1320
Related object(s)
is related to : II/1265
is related to : II/1300
is related to : II/1620

Provenance and sources

when
April 1900
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors

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

Provenance
Schenkung von Eugen Brandeis (Kaiserlicher Landeshauptmann der Marshallinseln) April 1900, gesammelt von Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) / Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit).

Object no. 8 (object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Gürtel. Kang'l. Pandanus leaves". Additional comment: "The bast skirt was fastened over a belt of pandanus leaves No. 8. A finely woven cord No. 9, the most valuable piece of clothing, was tied around this belt several times." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
According to index card unclear origin, i.e. whether Marshall Islands or Nauru. According to collector from the Marshall Islands.

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