Object Number | P187 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Uma Long |
Provenience | Borneo |
Date Made | Before 1897 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Hose's Langur Skin | Bark (uncertain) | Plant Fiber |
Description | Mat seat. Rectangular mat seat, pointed at top, made of skin of Hose's langur (Presbytis hosei). Black back fur, white chest fur. Face at top, nipples. Multiple streamers of black-furred skin. Thin strings for typing around waist. Worn by men, suspended from the waist at back, ready to sit on in the forest. |
Length | 57.2 cm |
Width | 30.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
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