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Description: | GIFT / LADY MITCHELL / 10.10.07 / No
Property of / ROYAL MUSEUM / No. 4842.
War Coat / Native Bear Skin / Worn by [P...] / Upper Padas River / B N [B...]
Bearskin cuirass, rectangular in shape, with a hole for the head and flaps to protect the shoulders. The body is protected to below the waist on the front, or possibly back, but the reverse is not covered. It is decorated on the upper half with two rectangles of cowrie shells, one on each side, each surrounding a shell disc. Below each rectangle is a row of strings of coloured beads and small brass bells. The rectangles are made into horizontal flaps by slits in the bearskin. The lower part is divided into three vertical flaps, each surrounded by a row of cowrie shells, the middle flap with two additional vertical rows of cowries at the centre, and rows of shell discs to either side. The fur is worn on the outside. 1273h x 585 w. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | shell Murut body coverings bead cuirasses thread cowrie shell skin copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-41758 |
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