Headdress

84-25-3

From: Indonesia | Sumatra | West Sumatra | Payakumbuh

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 84-25-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minangkebau
Provenience Indonesia | Sumatra | West Sumatra | Payakumbuh
Section Oceanian
Materials Silk | Cotton | Metal
Description

Headdress (tengkuluak cawek). A shawl used as a headdress by young girls or unmarried women. It is made into a headdress by folding into two blunt buffalo-horn shapes: the fringes fall down the back.

Length 234 cm
Width 40 cm
Credit Line West Sumatra Expedition; Peggy R. Sanday, 1984
Other Number 12 - Other Number

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