Bracelets
P58A
From: Borneo | Sarawak | Saribas River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P58A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Iban |
| Provenience | Borneo | Sarawak | Saribas River |
| Date Made | Before 1897 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Brass | Cotton |
| Description | Set of bracelets, with holder. Bracelets (tumpa saging). consisting of a coil of thin brass wire, forming rings of graduated sizes, on an hour-glass shaped form (serang tumpa) covered with light brown cotton cloth. Last 8 rings at one end are patterned. Strip of bark wound around the form near the ends and knotted in the middle. |
| Outside Diameter | 17.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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