Specifications

• Height: cm
• Material: plant fibre
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 625,- hp

Provenance

H.J.A. Raedt van Oldenbarnevelt, before 1914; Tropenmuseum until 1983; Christie’s, Amsterdam 23-6-1983, lot 368

Publications

Ref.: Jonge, Nico de & Toos van Dijk (1995), Vergeten eilanden, p. 150.

Exhibitions

Additional information

Sarongs and buttock cover made of plaited pandan. The patterns are clan related and obtained by means of smoke.

The head bands are Seram.

Photo credits

De Zwaan, Amsterdam