Mourning Cape
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Oct 1968
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Province M. Henry
notes: label: Notes
content: Collector's notes, written on tag attached to object: Paiwan tribe, Pingtung Hsien, Raisha to Rikirikisha (village) area, Taiwan (SW Formosa). Mourning cape. Worn during periods prescribed for family mourning following a death. An entirely embroidered design in highly traditional style, of human heads, seperated by bands of snakeskin, flame, and geometric motifs which are not so clear as to significance. This appears to be a very old piece-possibly dating as far back as the 18th century, although dating is always very difficult in items of this kind. We may call it a subjective evaluation.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South, Taiwan, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paiwan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 281393
label: USNM Number
content: E410104-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cape