Skirt (uncertain)
Shroud (uncertain)
| Object Number: | 87-8-44A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Sulawesi |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Bark Cloth |
| Length: | 109 cm |
| Width: | 67 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987 |
| Other Number: | 102 - Other Number |
Description
White barkcloth sarong (hinyulo) (= barkcloth) of malo (Broussonetia papyrifera). Worn by shamans in ceremonies, also used as shrouds for corpses. Only Kaili women of Pandere Selatan are known to make barkcloth for whole of Kaili area. New. White, stiff, tubes. Smaller, coarser than 87-8-44B.
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