Leg Rings
P53
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P53 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kantu' |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Brass | Rattan |
| Description | Set of two man's leg rings, tied together. Simpai krimok. Pair ofcircular rattan peel bands covered with brass rings. On one a spiral wrapping of red rattan and on the other a wrapping of dark brown peel, spacing out the brass rings for about 1/4 of the circumference. Tied together with string. |
| Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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