Object Number | P186 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Uma Long |
Provenience | Borneo |
Date Made | Before 1897 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Gibbon Skin | Bark | Plant Fiber |
Description | Mat seat. Rectangular mat seat, pointed at top, made of gibbon skin. Soft brown fur, multiple streamers of same furred skin. Backed with bark (?). Fastened to top, two loops of twisted plant fiber. Worn by men, suspended from the waist at back, ready to sit on in the forest. |
Length | 52.1 cm |
Width | 27.9 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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