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Jewellery

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

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Schmuck
Dimensions
Width: 90.0 mm
Length: 900.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bast, Bast fibre, Leaf
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1320
Related object(s)

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    April 1900
    who
    Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Marshall Islands (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
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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