Fighting Jacket
P1149B
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | P1149B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kayan |
Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Clouded Leopard Skin | Hornbill Feather | Cotton Cloth | Glass |
Description | Fighting jacket, Sunong Kole, made of the skin of a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), Sides edged with strips of red trade cloth. fringed at the bottom, on which are sewn conus shell discs (several missing) with beads in the centers. On back, rows of hornbill feathers (telebe). |
Length | 78 cm |
Width | 46 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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