Context (Field collection)
(Bio): Liana C.L. Chua, female collector. Bought in Serikin, a Bidayuh bazaar at the border of Indonesian Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) and Malaysian Sarawak. Made for sale by Jagoi-Babang Bidayuhs (officially known in Indonesia as ‘Dayak’) near the border in Kalimantan Barat.Commonly found in Bidayuh households. Serikin is a popular bazaar catering to Sarawakians and visitors from West Malaysia. It is an important source of woven objects – especially mats – from Dayak villages in next-door Kalimantan Barat. Their makers are culturally and historically very similar to the Sarawak Bidayuh, speaking the same dialect (Jagoi) and making the same objects, as well as others commonly made and found across Sarawak. This kasah from Serikin would be considered Bidayuh by its buyer(s). Many of them also end up in Kuching’s Main Bazaar, where it is marketed as a Bidayuh mat (from Indonesia) by the tourist shops.
Event Date 3/7/2005
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Medium-sized tightly-woven mat made of strips of rattan (mainly wi soguh) and stripped bark (boyuh). Vertical weave. Brown, white and black strip designs. Bark finish on the edges.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Tightly woven mat made from strips of rattan and bark. Woven with sections of black stripes; bark finish on edges; weave held together using plant fibre cord at other edges. Currently rolled and tied with a single bark tie that has been wrapped around twice.
Event Date 15/8/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller