Headdress (uncertain)
84-25-26
From: Sumatra | West Sumatra | Tanjung Sungayang
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 84-25-26 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minangkebau |
| Provenience | Sumatra | West Sumatra | Tanjung Sungayang |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cotton | Synthetic Fiber |
| Description | Shawl (songket basahi hitam) (basahi = black). A shawl which is dark or black, and looks wet, as if it had been dipped in water. Worn by men as a shawl, on the right shoulder. Worn by penghulu and on the occasion of the installation of a penghulu. Also worn by young girls and young married women, as a headdress. |
| Length | 187 cm |
| Width | 61 cm |
| Credit Line | West Sumatra Expedition; Peggy R. Sanday, 1984 |
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