Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Marshallese Material Culture

Marshallese Material Culture
by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

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Bags: Alele (traditional bag) in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt; Alele bag made from Pandanus; Bag
Baskets: Baskets with a lid, 1990s handicraft items; Open Baskets, 1990s handicraft items; A basket with a lid of the late 1940s; Basket from Mili Atoll.; Basket from Lae Atoll.; Basket for drinking coconuts, Majuro Atoll.; Basket from Mili.; Pandanus basket with lid; Trade package (sack) of arrowroot flour.; Basket to collect fish, Majuro Atoll.; Basket
Belts: Hollowed-out coconut used as water container; Hollowed-out coconut used as water container; Pandanus basket used to store arrowroot flour.
Breadfruit Peelers: Breadfruit Peelers, 1990s handicraft items
Canoes
Canoe Models: Canoe Model in the Hamburg Museum für Völkerkunde; Canoe Models, 1990s handicraft items; Canoe model; Canoe model
Coasters: Coasters, 1990s handicraft items
Dancing Sticks: Dancing stick
Drums
Fans: Fans, 1990s handicraft items; Fan; Fan; Fan with centre piece made from turtle shell; Fan; Fan; Fan; Fan; Fan; Fan from Rongelap
Fish hooks: Fish hook in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt; Fish hook in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Fish traps: Woven basket fistrap; Woven basket fistrap for small fishes; Fish catcher from Rongelap Atoll; Fish catcher from Lae Atoll; Fish catcher from Lae Atoll
Food: Historic breadfruit preserve in the Hamburg Museum für Völkerkunde; Roll of Pandanus preserve
Food production: Net used to soak breadfruit
Hats: Hats, 1990s handicraft items
Head ornaments: Head ornaments, 1990s handicraft items
Jewelry: Jewelry, 1990s handicraft items
Mats: Nidid (fine mat) in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt; Mats, 1990s handicraft items; Clothes dummy dressed with a traditional mat of a man; Clothes dummy dressed with a traditional mat of a woman; Clothes dummy dressed with a traditional grass skirt of a man; Strip for a woven mat sail; Woven mat in progress, Mili Atoll; Half-finished mat with counting triangles; Sleeping mat, Mili Atoll; Sleeping mat, Maloelap Atoll; Mat, Jaluit Atoll; Sleeping mat, Majuro Atoll; Women's clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Sitting mat, Majuro Atoll; Clothing mat for small girls, Majuro Atoll; Sleeping mat, Mili Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Clothing mat, Mili Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Clothing mat, Mili Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Tatooing mat; Small mat, Majuro Atoll; Royal mat used to cover while sleping, Mile Atoll; Clothing mat, Jaluit Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Clothing mat, Lae Atoll; Clothing mat, Majuro Atoll; Mat; Mat; Mat; Ornamented wall hanging for the church on Rongelap; Ornamented wall hanging for the church on Rongelap; Ornamented wall hanging for the church on Rongelap; Ornamented wall hanging for the church on Rongelap
Necklaces
Obong: Obong, 1990s handicraft items
Purses: Purses, 1990s handicraft items
Sails: Strip for a woven mat sail
Spears: Marshallese spear; Marshallese spear; Marshallese spear; Marshallese spear; Marshallese spear; Marshallese spear; Marshallese spear; Marshallese spear
Stars: Stars, 1990s handicraft items
Stick charts: Historic stick chart in the Hamburg Museum für Völkerkunde; Historic stick chart in the Hamburg Museum für Völkerkunde; Historic stick chart in the Hamburg Museum für Völkerkunde; Historic stick chart in the Schiffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven; Historic stick chart in the Schiffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven; Stick charts, 1990s handicraft items
Swords: Sword studded with shark teeth

Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Marshallese Material Culture
URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/MatCulture/MatCulture.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au

-2002

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