Product Description
Antique Kalimantan Skirt 1
Material: Cotton
Style: Kalimantan, Indonesia
Size: Length 114 cm, Width 82 cm
Order Number: MHSAKS1
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.
This is the skirt that goes with Antique Kalimantan Jacket 1
Early 20th century.
Map of Kalimantan.
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