Ceremonial coat. Hemp? shell beads. Complex weave, beading. Natural, red and blue. White beads. Tayal tribe. January 1969 condit. good. 35½ inches by 18 inches.
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
FORMOSA: Tayal Tribe
Culture or time period:
Taiwanese
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coats (garments)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes