Record metadata:
| Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
|---|---|
| Title | IIc 6640 |
| Keywords | Raincoat |
| Description | A type of rain coat used to ‘taka udan’, (shut out the rain). This rain coat was often worn together with a hat (See IIc 6533 & IIc 6534). It was explained that men used to stitch the sasohe as they sat in the fields guarding their crops. People were rarely idyll. |
| 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 | Variable dimensions |
| Use status in 2014 | Not used |
| Material | Palm frond, alalsa, M, tali tehan, T, (Corpha utan, L.) |
| 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 | Regenmantel, G [rain coat] sossoe, M Description: Inner mat sewn together from palm leaf strips. In three layers of palm leaf strips. Bonds of twisted cord. |
| Notes | Community viewing 2014: Bahatata 7/8/14 and Larisula, 16/8/14 identified this object. Also verified by Bernado Mango Ximenes, Osso Huna, Gregorius de Oliveira Guterres, Alawa Kraik and Florentino Sarmento, Soebada. See MKB photograph (F)IIc1281 of a man wearing a sashoe and hat in Osso Huna, 1935. |
| Production status in 2014 | Not made |
| Timorese Language Term/s | Sasohe, M Sumbrinya, T |
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