Strap

Title

Strap

Description

Strap for women's apron made of tree bast. Girls received their first strap when they reached maturity; with the first pregnancy they received a differently braided new belly strap

Creator

Unknown

Rights

© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Alternative Title

watan

Provenance

Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1913. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.

Place of Creation

Seram (West, Paisinalo)

Collector

Date collected

1911

Physical Dimensions

ca. 0,6 x ca. 120 cm

Materials

Grass, fiber (?)

Collecting Institution

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Inventory Number

20612

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Strap,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/248.

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