Loincloth
P163
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | P163 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kantu' |
Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Cotton | Glass | Wood | Shell |
Description | Suat pangit. Brown cloth with emroidered panel at each end. One end has natural ground with bands of red and blue embroidery forming geometric patterns. The end is cut into fringe with wooden tubes attached and white, black and red beads. The opposite end has a rectangular panel on natural ground with blue, red and yellow embroidery. A red boarder surrounds the panel with stars made from shell at one end and short fringe at the opposite end. |
Length | 243.84 cm |
Width | 22.86 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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