Waist garment for women · Marshall-Inseln - Ralik-Ratak · ID: 3040221
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Provenance
Old Colonial CollectionHolger Schmidtgen, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
M: 85 x 85 cm
M: 85 x 33.5 inch
Description
fine plant fibre netting (pandanus leaf?) with woven and embroidered geometrical patterns, from very soft and grippy structure, which indicates that it was actually worn, slightly dam., small tears, spots, embroidered threads dissolved in one place;
“Ralik” and “Ratak” are chains of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. “Ralik” means “sunset” (west) and “Ratak” means “sunrise” (east).
The object Waist garment for women with the object ID 3040221 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 91.
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