Sleeping Garment
| Native Name | Sarong |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 87-8-43 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Sulawesi |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Bark Cloth |
| Length: | 230 cm |
| Width: | 150 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987 |
| Other Number: | 117 - Other Number |
Description
Very large sleep-sarong (kumpe tea'). (kumpe = barkcloth, tea' = bark of Artocarpus sp.) Not yet ra-ula', i.e. not yet treated with ula'. Good quality, huge size, recently made. Brown, tube. Printed near one edge in red: TAMA LAWE DEICE (probably name of headman).
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