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Rain Jacket

Object Number:P151
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Kayan
Provenience: Borneo
Dutch West Borneo
Mendalam River
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Bark Cloth
Cotton (uncertain)
Length: 66 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899
Other Number:516 - Other Number

Description

Bark cloth rain coat. Red cloth around the cuffs and from the bottom to middle of the frontal opening with the upper portion lined with blue cloth. Bottom hem cut into short fringe. "Basung Kapit." K[ayan]

Current & Past Exhibitions:

The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rain Forest (Furness, Hiller, Harrison Borneo Collection) (25 Feb 1989 - 01 Jul 1990) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Manuscript] Hiller, Hiram M. Hiller Journal Voyage II Book IV.. pg. 1-104 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 90View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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