Fighting Jacket

P1149B

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1149B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kayan
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Section Oceanian
Materials Clouded Leopard Skin | Hornbill Feather | Cotton Cloth | Glass
Description

Fighting jacket, Sunong Kole, made of the skin of a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), Sides edged with strips of red trade cloth. fringed at the bottom, on which are sewn conus shell discs (several missing) with beads in the centers. On back, rows of hornbill feathers (telebe).

Length 78 cm
Width 46 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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