Belt | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Belt
Made from the finest, shiny thread extracted from the banana palm, the unisex belt was woven on Kosrae. Weaving was a rare craft in Oceania, only found on a few islands in Micronesia. Weaving was done on a basic so-called backstrap loom, which was fixed to the ground. In an extremely limited number of areas, the weaver held the woven item held firmly between her feet. This item is the only example of a weaving from Micronesia in the museum's collection.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Gürtel
Dimensions
Breite: 165.0 mm, Länge: 1150.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1321
Provenance and sources
when
22.11.1901
where
Micronesia (location/origin)
Kosrae (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit)
Object no. 81 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Schurz a. Kusai. Pisan fibre. Woven on primitive apparatus".
How the objects from Kusai or the Caroline Islands came into the Brandeis collection is still unclear. Antonie Brandeis never spent any time there. In some cases, she received objects as gifts from naval officers or missionaries who visited her in Jaluit.
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