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before 1900
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Sewing needle
The thatching of roofs and the weaving of sails, baskets or mats was one of the central handcrafts performed by women on the Marshall Islands. There are various types of fine tools, each one with a use matching the requirements of handling each material. On display here is a long needle made from ironwood used to sew pandanus leaves together in roof-making. Once the woven roof was finished, it would be fixed onto the house.
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Cataloguing data
- Object type
- Needle
- Dimensions
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Width: 18.0 mm
Length: 350.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Ironwood
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- II/1372
Provenance and sources
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Production
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when
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24.04.1900
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where
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Marshall Islands (location/origin)Micronesia (location/origin)Oceania (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Oceania
- Provenance
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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. 78 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Nadel um Fächer zu nähen. Ik in kadak. Ironwood". Additional comment: "The Marshall Islanders build their houses as they find material for them on their small islands surrounded by the sea. The wood for the posts consists of trunks of the ironwood tree (kongi) and wood of less resistant species. The roof is covered with pandanus leaves, which are carefully sewn together with wooden hooks No. 76-79." (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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