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Material for a Surinamese-Creole headscarf
The koto is a traditional costume that originated in Suriname and was invented by slave owners and their wives to dress their slaves 'modestly'. The costume consists of a koto (skirt), jaki (jacket) and angisa (headscarf). The religion to which the slave owner belonged could be seen in the costume. Although it used to be everyday clothing, the koto later changed into casual clothing. The koto and …
Type of item
- Object Type: headcloth (headgear)
- headcloth (headgear)
- Headcloth
Date
- voor 1963
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1963
Provenance
- 1963-09-26
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/103379
Format
- Technique: print
- textile printing
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- ambergris
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z