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Belt

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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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Cataloguing data

Object type
Gürtel
Dimensions
Width: 165.0 mm
Length: 1150.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1321

Provenance and sources

  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    22.11.1901
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Kosrae (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) 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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