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Apron

This bast apron, probably from Nauru, was worn both as decorative dress during dancing. It is made from thin strips of pandanus leaves.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Schurz
Dimensions
Width: 300.0 mm
Length: 780.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1427

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
    Nauru (location/origin)
    Micronesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    who
    Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
    Kaiser, Ludwig - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Item no. 172 (item list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Tanzschurz. Pandanus leaves" Additional comment: "The loincloths are used as clothing and jewellery for dancing." The objects in the Brandeis collection from Nauru were apparently collected by the local district governor Ludwig Kaiser (SAF C3/241/1).

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