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This pendant was worn on Nauru by men during their wives' pregnancies. It is woven from pale and black bast and decorated with small shell and coconut discs. Towards the bottom there are nine, equidistant red shell discs. Expectant mothers also wore a corresponding pendant to signal their status (II/1423).

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Ornament
Dimensions
Width: 55.0 mm
Height: 110.0 mm
Material/Technique
Braiding
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1485
Related object(s)
is related to : II/1423

Provenance and sources

when
before 1900
when
22.11.1901
who
Brandeis, Eugen - Former Possessors
where
Nauru (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Brandeis, Antonie - Collectors
Kaiser, Ludwig - Collectors
Provenance
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) November 1901, collected by Ludwig Kaiser on Nauru on behalf of Eugen and Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) Object no. 4 (object list Antonie Brandeis, 2nd consignment Nov 1901, SAF C3/241/2): "Halsband. Pandanus leaf, shell. The man, who always walks ahead according to native custom, wears the collar during this time as a sign of his dignity." 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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