Headdress
84-25-3
From: Indonesia | Sumatra | West Sumatra | Payakumbuh
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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