Loincloth

P163

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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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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