Skirt

97-120-795

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kendawangan River | Batu Payung

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 97-120-795
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Dayak
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kendawangan River | Batu Payung
Section Oceanian
Materials Bark Cloth
Description

Woman's skirt. "The brown bark Kraiah is from a species of ficus [Urostigma] which is the most widly used bark for cloth making in Mal. The bark of younger branches is used, about as thick as a man's arm." Sewed with palm leaf thread.

Length 230 cm
Width 126 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-120-795 - Old Museum Number | 15844 - ANSP Number

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