Jacket

P1463B

From: Sumatra | Batu Sangkar

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1463B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minangkebau
Provenience Sumatra | Batu Sangkar
Date Made 1901
Section Oceanian
Materials Cotton | Porcelain
Description

Woman's jacket with white and blue flowers. Three frontal pockets. Five white buttons. Baju Melit. Badju or Baju = coat.

Baju Bala Bantam - short jacket worn by people of Bantam but adopted by people of Batu Sangkar.

Baju China Tangong, of partly Chinese pattern - Batu Sangkar.

Baju Kurang - ordinary woman's coat, any colore, three-quarter length. Batu Sangkar; M.K.M.

Baju Bamili - worn by women of Lima, Kaum, Negri and Rambotan. M.K.M.

Baju Bamili - worn by men of Rembatan and Negri, Lima, Kaun. M.K.M.

Length 55 cm
Width 141 cm
Credit Line Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901

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