Skirt
97-120-795
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kendawangan River | Batu Payung
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 97-120-795 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Dayak |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kendawangan River | Batu Payung |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark Cloth |
| Description | Woman's skirt. "The brown bark Kraiah is from a species of ficus [Urostigma] which is the most widly used bark for cloth making in Mal. The bark of younger branches is used, about as thick as a man's arm." Sewed with palm leaf thread. |
| Length | 230 cm |
| Width | 126 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-795 - Old Museum Number | 15844 - ANSP Number |
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