Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2007-0003-0004 | |
| Category | Basketry; Jewelry & Metalwork | |
| Object Name | Bracelet | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Fijian or Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Fiji or Samoa, probably | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1920s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Split pandanus leaves | |
| Description | Narrow band bracelet woven entirely of split pandanus leaves; Foundation consists of a single wide pandanus leaf whose ends overlap to form a loop; To weave the bracelet, two split pandanus leaves (each one-third the width of the foundation leaf inside the bracelet) are laid parallel to each other on outside of bracelet, forming the warp fibers; The three warp fibers and the foundation leaf are then coil wrapped by an even narrower pandanus leaf; On outside of bracelet, the weft fiber passes over and under the warp fibers on alternate coils. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.1, Max Diam = 9.0 | |