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War jacket
Object Number 04-19-70/63059
Display Title War jacket
Descriptions
Object Description War jacket
Inventory Description Breastplate, bear skin with horn bill beak, feathers, red textile collar and beaded bib.
Classification
  • Breastplate
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1904
Culture
  • Sarawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Malaysia / Borneo / Sarawak
Additional Geographic Terms Sarawak
Materials Bird beak , Bear skin , Textile , Beads , Feathers
Dimensions Overall: 90 × 59 × 4 cm (35 7/16 × 23 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63059
Provenance
Collector Dr. William H. Furness, III
Collector Mr. Hose
Donor Donated by Free Museum of Science and Art, University of Pennsylvania

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