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Fighting Jacket
| Object Number: | P1153 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Culture: | Iban |
| Provenience: | Borneo Sarawak |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Scaly Anteater Skin Bark Hair |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
Description
Skins of two pangolins, trimmed with fur of maroon leaf monkey and clouded leopard. "War-coat...made of the skin of a manis [pangolin, scaly anteater]." (Furness, The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters, following p. 96)
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008) | View Objects in Exhibition | |
| The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rain Forest (Furness, Hiller, Harrison Borneo Collection) (25 Feb 1989 - 01 Jul 1990) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Davenport, William H. et al. 1988. Expedition Magazine: Special Issue on Borneo Vol. 30, No. 1. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 39 (d) and (e) | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference | |
| [Book] Furness, William H. 3rd. 1902. The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters. : Page/Fig./Plate: following p. 96 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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