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Object Number 37-98-70/803
Display Title Cotton jacket for common man on feast days
Descriptions
Indigenous Term baroeni fosalachoi
Inventory Description Vest, sewn, black cotton, yellow and orange trim, two pockets
Classification
  • Vest
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Cotton, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 46.5 x 48 cm (18 5/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/803

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