Fighting Jacket

P1149C

From: Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District | Long Pata

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Sunung
Object Number P1149C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Long Pata
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak | Baram District | Long Pata
Section Oceanian
Materials Clouded Leopard Skin | Hornbill Feather | Cotton Cloth
Description

Fighting jacket, Sunong Kole, made of the skin of a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), Neck opening edged with red trade cloth. On back, rows of hornbill feathers (telebe).

Length 59 cm
Width 49 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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