Fighting Jacket
P1149D
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1149D |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Clouded Leopard Skin | Hornbill Feather | Hornbill Beak | Cotton Cloth | Glass | Hair |
| Description | Fighting jacket, Sunong Kole, made of the skin of a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). Front decorated with hornbill beaks and tufts of hair, some dyed red, and tassel of small black and ivory-colored beads. Neck edged with red trade cloth. On back, rows of hornbill feathers (telebe) trimmed to points. |
| Length | 71 cm |
| Width | 45 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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