EditorialFencing Doublet, ca. 1580, Western European, Leather, silk, linen, cotton, Costumes, This doublet is a rare example of sixteenth-century male clothing, very little of which has survived. The cut of the doublet, particularly the protruding 'peascod' wai...
EditorialLong-Wai Dyak in war costume. Tribesman holding a spear and shield. He wears a plaited rattan helmet, into which are stuck feathers. He wears a jacket and animal fur. . The head-hunters of Borneo : a narrative of travel up the Mahakkam and down the Bar...
Editorial"Mrs Long", the Belle of Long-Wai, showing ordinary dress of Long Wai women. Dyak tribe. Seated wearing a headress; necklace and skirt. She has elongated ear lobes. The head-hunters of Borneo : a narrative of travel up the Mahakkam and down the Barito ...
EditorialFencing Doublet, ca. 1580, Western European, Leather, silk, linen, cotton, Costumes, This doublet is a rare example of sixteenth-century male clothing, very little of which has survived. The cut of the doublet, particularly the protruding 'peascod' wai...
EditorialFuneral procession from an unidentified tomb; upper register: pottery vessels stand in bowers, ready to be smashed as the procession passes. Extreme right: wai-ling woman with flowing hair. Lower register: the bera-ved with all their titles. Limestone ...