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East Sumba Cultural Return
Mapping and reconnecting culturally significant materials held in external collections
‹Image held by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; not yet cleared for display here. The record below is open.
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Man's wrapper (hinggi)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston · 30.793
| Institution | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Accession | 30.793 |
| Object type | hinggi |
| Date | c. 1910 |
| Acquisition | Purchased 1930 (Maria Antoinette Evans Fund) |
| Collector | van Kerckhoff Collection |
| Dimensions | 79.5 x 215 cm |
| Description | Bands with crustacea, fish and birds in orange on dark indigo ground alternating with bands of blue-black horses on orange ground. |
| Estimated Period | Pre-1930 |
Cite this record: Marapu Governing Body of East Sumba, comp. 2026. “Man's wrapper (hinggi), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 30.793.” East Sumba Cultural Return, version 1.0. https://nusantara-arts.com/item/30.793/.