Mat Seat
P191
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P191 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Skin | Cloth | Shell |
| Description | Mat seat. Tabit Kading. Seat mat made of animal skin (dog or goat?), white fur with black patches. Curved top covered by a decoratively cut-out piece of red trade cloth with a double scroll in center. At top a conus shell disc, with a tassel of radiating strings of small multicolor glass beads. Worn by men, suspended from the waist at back, ready to sit on in the forest. |
| Length | 47 cm |
| Width | 24.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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