Sleeveless Jacket

P149

From: Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Klinjau River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P149
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Madang
Provenience Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Klinjau River
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth | Cloth | Glass
Description

Sleeveless jacket. Abing kumut. Sleeveless jacket made of bark cloth, lined with white cotton. Closely spaced horizontal stitching, possibly holding together multiple layers of bark. Front panels edged with red trade cloth with pattern of blossoms and leaf sprigs. Arm holes and bottom of jacket also edged in red trade cloth. At bottom, front and back, a broad band (demarcated by a thin line of stitched red, white, black and yellow chevrons) of linked spirals in red thread. In front, a large blue bead for fastening, opposite a tasseled loop of small multicolored beads.

Length 52.1 cm
Width 53.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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