Object Number | 87-8-4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pipikoro |
Provenience | Sulawesi |
Creator | Tina Idjo |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Bark Cloth |
Description | Pipikoro dialect, Uma language. Barkcloth blanket (kumu kumpe). Sarong style. To be used as a blanket, or, in this case, because of its fine quality, more likely as fabric for a skirt. Black-brown barkcloth, beaten into large tube. Barkcloth from nunu lero (Ficus sp.: probably Ficus infectoria) (see samples 87-8-29/31). Natural color darkened by being submerged for some hours in black mud. Fine quality. Small repair in green thread by maker. Made by Tina Idjo, |
Length | 184 cm |
Width | 140 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987 |
Other Number | 17 - Other Number |
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