Rawai corset

Description
Female ceremonial corset; a continuous spiral of bamboo or ratten threaded with brass rings, consisting of twenty-four layers. The layers are held together by fifteen vertical wires spaced evenly around the corset.
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Media/Materials
Metal rings, possibly brass, and natural fibres, possibly bamboo or rattan.
Production place
Sarawak, Malaysia
Borneo, Malaysia
Collection
N.M. Roe Collection/Iban & Indonesian Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/129/19

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