Product Description
Antique Kalimantan Jacket 1
Material: Cotton, sequins
Style: Kalimantan, Indonesia
Size: Height 50 cm, Width 47 cm
Order Number: MHSAKJ1
Dayak is the name applied to a number of very different peoples living on the island of Kalimantan, but also elsewhere. They share some common characteristics. They live in longhouses, situated mostly on navigable rivers. They were rice farmers, living simple lives, but staging large religious ceremonies, which involved large feasts.
Kalimantan sits on the equator, so little clothing is necessary. Everyday Dayak clothing consisted of a loincloth for men and a short skirt or two apron-skirts for women. Inside they wore a headband and outside a hat. Both men and women wore a jacket for semi-formal events. Children were mostly naked, but girls may have worn a modesty plaque suspended from a string.
In contrast to these plain clothes ceremonial costumes, lavishly ornamented with animal claws, feathers and teeth, and feathers, silver and beads were worn.
Early 20th century.
Map of Kalimantan.
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