Loincloth

Title

Loincloth

Description

Loincloth made of painted bark cloth

Creator

Unknown

Rights

© Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Alternative Title

cidako

Provenance

Donated to the museum by "O. Lotichius" (presumably Otto Lotichius) in 1933. Until 02/2025, O. Lotichius was not mentioned and the receipt of the object was recorded as purchase in the database. However, the inventory book clearly indicated a donation by O. Lotichius.

Place of Creation

Seram (Central)

Collector

Date collected

1911

Physical Dimensions

max. 9 cm

Materials

Bark cloth

Collecting Institution

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Inventory Number

29157

Curatorial notes

According to Odo Deodatus Tauern's puplication Patasiwa und Patalima: Vom Molukkeneiland Seran und seinen Bewohnern (1918, Leipzig: R. Voigtländer), p. 142-43: "The trophy signs on the Tjidako (on the backside and the ends) refer to the number and kind of hunted heads. One ring refers to a woman's or child's head, two rings refer to a man's head. For every other head, one or two rings will be painted around the others. [Original: "Die Siegeszeichen am Tjidako (auf dem Rückenstück und an den Enden) bedeuten die Art und Anzahl der geschnellten Köpfe. Ein Ring zeigt einen Frauen- oder Kinderschädel an, zwei Ringe ineinander bedeuten einen Männerschädel. Für jeden weiteren Schädel werden ein oder zwei Ringe um die alten herumgemalt."]

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Loincloth,” The Mailopu Archive - Markus Mailopu and the II. Freiburg Moluccan Expedition, accessed December 30, 2025, https://www.mailopu.ethnologie.uni-muenchen.de/omeka/items/show/375.

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