Costumes and ornaments of Sarawak
The traditional costumes of the peoples of Sarawak are adorned with distinctive beadwork and needlework, a variety of metal objects, feathers, animal teeth, claws and tusks. Jewellery and ornaments including resplendent headdresses, colourful pompoms, and unique rattan and silver corsets are also worn. The prevalence and importance of beads in Sarawak, as decoration and as part of animist rites, continue even today
- Information in the full article includes
- Simple costumes, elaborate ornaments
- Beads as adornment
