Belt | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Belt
This wide protective belt made from knotted coconut fibre rope forms part of a suit of armour from Nauru. It can be tied in place at the back. As in the case of many of the weapons from Nauru found in the Brandeis collection, this artefact clearly depicts a warlike tradition among the Nauru people. However, research suggests that the development of armour followed European examples and thus emerged in conjunction with European forms of domination and violence.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Gürtel
Dimensions
Breite: 180.0 mm, Länge: 820.0 mm
Material/Technique
Coconut fibre
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2340
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Micronesia (location/origin)
Nauru (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
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)
Object no. 138 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "A belt with it. Coconut rope knotted" Additional comment: "The warrior suit [No. 137.] is the last one still in existence. It is woven from coir rope and seems to have been made under the influence of the Gilbert group. The Nauru people used to be very warlike. Now, however, thanks to German protection, hostilities have ceased and the armour is no longer made. No. 139 and 140 serve as helmets." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
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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