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Head Wrapper or Loincloth (Pewo or Mbesa Tali To Batu)

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Cotton, Toraja people

The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of John B. Elliott 1997

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Indonesia, Sulawesi, Toraja people

Title: Head Wrapper or Loincloth (Pewo or Mbesa Tali To Batu)

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Cotton, Toraja people.

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