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Braided mats were used as clothing, to sit on, or as bedding. This mat was used as a bed cover. It is especially soft and smooth, having been braided from pandanus leaf fibres.
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. 10 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Large mat as bedspread. Kodj. pandanus leaf. Border with raffia". Additional comment: "The thick mats used as bedspreads are made from fallen leaves of the pandanus tree and are sewn together with bone needles. Mats no. 10-13 are more difficult to make. No. 10 [serves] as a bed cover." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
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