Fighting Jacket
P1149A
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1149A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Clouded Leopard Skin | Hornbill Feather | Cone Shell | Cotton Cloth |
| Description | Fighting jacket, Sunong Kole, made of the skin of a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), bottom edge cut with decorative curls. Fur worn (bald) across bottom. Sides edged with red trade cloth and sewn-on conus shell discs, one of which has come loose and at least one is missing. Cloth faded, stained and torn. |
| Length | 82 cm |
| Width | 42 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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