Head Cloth
83-43-13
From: Indonesia | Sumbawa | Mbawa Village
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 83-43-13 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Dou Donggo |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Sumbawa | Mbawa Village |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cotton | Silver Thread |
| Description | Bimanese headcloth (sambolo mbojo). Sonket headcloths were formerly worn to the Sultan's palace by Donggo men. This is a typical Bimanese headcloth, except for the unusual color (grey on black ground with silver thread: usually black on red with gold thread). Note checked center ground, striped auxilliary ground and solid corner ground. |
| Length | 64 cm |
| Width | 60 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Anne Just, 1983 |
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