MKB Personal objects

Record metadata:

Type	Cultural Object (2014 Definition)
Title	IIc 6633
Keywords	Raincoat, umbrella or sleeping cover
Description	This raincover is made from using the young leaves of the (Corypha utan, known as so, M tali akar tahan, T. The young leaves have been stitched together with rattan (tarumasina, M) to make the raincover. During the independence war ‘tempo funu’ people also used to sleep beneath these covers, and thus they are also known as sleeping mat, kobe rika, M.
Creator of Object	Presumed Makasae people
Date Created	Pre August 1935
Place Created	Presumed Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste
Object Type	Personal object
Dimensions	98.5 cm long 25 cm wide
Use status in 2014	Not used
Material	Presumed so, M, hedan, T, (Pandanus fascicularis, L.) stitched together with tarumasina, M, rattan.
Technique	Hand stitched
Institution/Holder: object	Museum der Kulturen Basel
Collector	Dr Alfred Bühler
Date Collected	August 1935
Place Collected	Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste
File Copyright	Museum der Kulturen Basel. Photograph taken by Joanna Barrkman, 2014
MKB/Buehler object title	Regenhaube, G [rain hood] soo, M
Notes	Community viewings at Bahatata 7/8/14 and Larisula 16/8/14 indentified this object.
Production status in 2014	Not made
Timorese Language Term/s	So kai teru, so kai, so teru, naha, kobe rika, M Sumbrinya, T

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