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These unfinished strips of mat, woven from naturally-coloured pandanus leaf and coconut bast dyed black, demonstrate the technique and artistry of weaving mats (jaki-ed) on the Marshall Islands most beautifully. The borders of dress mats often contained elaborate decorations from dyed bast (lōlō), which were sewn into the mats woven from leaves with use of a special needle. The outermost edge was then sewn onto the mat with a fine bast thread. Women traditionally performed the task of mat weaving and do so to this day. By making traditional patterns and techniques more widely accessible, the museum’s online collection provides an important resource for initiatives, such as the Jaki-ed Restoration and Revival Program in Majuro, which is endeavouring to revive traditional mat weaving.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Gürtel
Dimensions
Width: 50.0 mm
Length: 860.0 mm
Material/Technique
Leaf, Bast
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1322

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1900
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    24.04.1900
    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
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. 74a (object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Ein angef. Streifen. Inguin. Pand. leaves and raffia". 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. No. 74b shows the thread for sewing on the outer narrow edge. The same is twisted from tree bast. No. 74a shows a strip of raffia that has been started." (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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