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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Oceanic; Micronesian; Kusaien
| | Title: | Scarf
| | Type: | Textile
| | Materials: | Banana fiber
| | Place Made: | Oceania; Micronesia; Kusaie (Kosrae)
| | Measurements: | overall: 8 x 69 in.; 20.32 x 175.26 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | On a card in brown ink: "A Kusaien garment. The natives of Kusaie (Strong's Island) of either sex wore only such a garment as this in heathen days. It is made from banana fibre (manilla). The weaving is done with a shuttle, on the same principle as the weaving of cloth, but with the simplest arrangement for holding the warp."
| | Accession Number: | MH 2003.26.29
| | Credit Line: | Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Missionary Cabinet. Handwoven, multicolored (brown, tan, gold, dark red) scarf with short fringe on both ends with large portions missing. Consists of a 30" brown panel between two 18" panels, one with narrow stripes, and the other with red squares. 15" from one end is a 4.5" cut across the width.
Based on the recommendation of Amanda Gilvin (Post-Doc Fellow in African Art in the Art History department) the maker culture was changed from "African" to "Micronesian" (as Kusaien refers to Kosrae which is in Micronesia). (E. Wood, AMAB Fellow, 8/23/2012)
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