Funerary cloth depicting a dugout canoe that carries the soul to the land of the dead." (taken from an exhibit label found with artifact). J. Goodrich, 9-6-2007.
Donor:
Lesley Byrd Simpson
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Indonesia, Sumatra, Kroe Lompong
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Context of use:
Funerary cloth depicting a dugout canoe that carries the soul to the land of the dead." (taken from an exhibit label found with artifact). J. Goodrich, 9-6-2007.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 124 inches and width 24 inches
Loans:
S1980-1981 #42: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (January 9, 1981–March 13, 1981), S1982-1983 #14: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1982–December 6, 1982), S1983-1984 #36: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (January 13, 1983–March 5, 1984), S1984-1985 #13: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1984–December 12, 1984), S1985-1986 #11: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (October 3, 1985–February 4, 1986), S1986-1987 #7: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (September 29, 1986–December 1, 1986), S1987-1988 #19: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 1987–December 8, 1987), S1988-1989 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1988–February 21, 1989), S1989-1990 #8: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (October 31, 1989–November 17, 1989), and S1990-1991 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1990–January 3, 1991)