2004.56.20.4

Collection type

Object

Description

Part of a complete woman's dance costume: Woven pandanus leaf bra-shaped top lined with green cotton. [JP 18/6/2004]

Long description

The top is woven from undyed pandanas leaves and is lined on the back with with bright green cotton. It is made in several sections machine stitched together with black cotton. Two triangular shaped and pointed cups to cover the breasts are plain woven from strips of pandanus leaf approximately 6 mm wide. The sides are trimmed with a band of woven pandanus leaf 25 mm with a zigzag 'shark's tooth pattern' edge. The bottom edge of the two bra cups are stitched onto a band 72 mm wide and 683 mm long which is composed of three overlapping 40 mm wide bands of woven pandanus with zigzag edges. At either side of this band are two green cotton ties for securing the top to the body. There are also two straps, again of woven pandanus with zigzag edging, each of which extends from the top of one of the bra cups to one side of the band. [JP 18/6/2004]

Geographical reference

Kiribati

Oceania > Micronesia > Kiribati

Person

Field collector Rachel Robinson

PRM source Rachel Robinson

Date / Period

Date made: Before 03/2001

Date collected

February 1999 to March 2001

Acquisition information

Donated: 2004

Materials and processes

Material Pandanus Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Stitched

Dimensions

Length x Width 1040 x 210 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 2004.56.20.4

Search terms: Dance, Breast Cover