Object Number | P1463F |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minangkebau |
Provenience | Sumatra |
Date Made | 1901 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Silk (uncertain) | Cotton (uncertain) | Metal |
Description | Woman's jacket, black with which and blue stitching. Gold and red accents where the arms meet are attached. Floral pattern on tops of shoulders and at bottom of collar. Arm openings lined with green and brown. Lower hem has metallic gold thread. 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 | 97 cm |
Width | 59 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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