cloak; rain cape

Rain cape, mino. There is a band at the top consisting of bundles of straw tied together at regular intervals in the same way as the leggings acquired from the same source (6.12.65/579). These are bent over along the long edge so that some can form the main body of the cape by being knotted together as strands of plied twine. Some of the ends, all over the surface of the cape, are left loose so as to form a loose fibrous covering. In some areas of the cape these loose strands are missing, perhaps having worn away.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
6.12.65/578
Date
before 1966
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 900 mm x 1524 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
straw
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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