Shirt Item Number: 3050/2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Short-sleeved, light green cotton shirt with dark green floral design and five white plastic buttons. Shirt opens at the front, with button closure. Neck has a starched collar. A large pocket is sewn on at the front left chest. Sleeves are hemmed. Small slits at both sides at bottom hem.
Narrative
Man's shirt worn by attendees of the Williams Reconciliation Ceremony on Erromango, Vanuatu in 2009. (There were also dresses of the same material made for the female attendees.) Erromango, the largest island in the southernmost province of Vanuatu, was formerly known as Martyr's Island by the Presbyterian missionaries in the 19th century, because of the risk there attached to missionary work. John Williams of the London Missionary Society was killed at Dillon's Bay in 1839. In December 2009, after a lengthy collaboration between the Museum of Anthropology and church and cultural leaders in Vanuatu, descendants of John Williams travelled to Erromango to accept the apologies of the descendants of those who killed their ancestor in a Reconciliation Ceremony. To mark the occasion, Dillon's Bay was renamed Williams Bay.
Item History
- Made in Erromango, Tafea, Vanuatu during 2009
- Owned by Carol E. Mayer before March 13, 2014
- Received from Carol E. Mayer (Donor) on March 13, 2014
What
- Name
- Shirt
- Identification Number
- 3050/2
- Type of Item
- shirt
- Material
- cotton fibre and plastic
- Overall
- height 87.0 cm, width 110.0 cm, depth 3.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Ni-Vanuatu
- Previous Owner
- Carol E. Mayer
- Received from
- Carol E. Mayer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Erromango, Tafea, Vanuatu
When
- Creation Date
- during 2009
- Ownership Date
- before March 13, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on March 13, 2014
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3050/0002