Sleeveless Jacket

59-11-3

From: Taiwan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 59-11-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Atayal
Provenience Taiwan
Locus Atayal
Date Made -1959
Section Asian
Materials Wool | Shell | Copper
Description

Man's sleeveless jacket. Two width sewn at sides and down middle of back; front open; sleeveless. Wool; orange red with horizontal bands of green, blue, rose, black, in addition to the orange-red. Three (originally four) large discs of tridacna shell-each representing a Chinese head taken.

Length 46 cm
Width 46 cm
Credit Line Gift of Chin Chuan Yu, 1959

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