340 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.2156
Description:
wood umbrella; used at marketplace by small merchants and at ceremonies to inaugurate lineage and sibling head; to protect from sun and rain. A bag of support sticks (frame) with object, 5/17/12 A Tafoya.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Minangkabau
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Umbrellas
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 219.7 centimeters and diameter 17.8 centimeters
Comment:
The umbrella frame was reassembled/restrung with cotton twine to facilitate its safe movement and storage. One of the shorter bamboo pieces (stretchers) is missing - 23 remain. All 24 ribs and the pin that holds it open are present. J Williams 12/19/2013