Sarong "Kapela"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Aug 1946
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Percy H. Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Square textile, made from handwoven silk. Background is purple-red, with white and light blue ikat patterning (not tapestry, as it says on the catalog card). All four sides have wide borders of heavy embroidery in floral patterns, embellished with flat beads/sequins.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Of handwoven red tapestry [sic] silk. Border designs embroidered... The donor states "made in Sumatra, worn draped like a turban on the head. Such a Sarong Kapela is worn by very high Javanese royalty."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sumatra, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Javanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 173798
label: USNM Number
content: E384101-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sarong