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Note: The following text is taken from a 19th-century collection catalog and, in its language and perspective, partially reflects colonial thought patterns. We present the text in its original version to make the collection's history transparent and promote a critical examination of the colonial legacy. Certain terms and formulations may be perceived as problematic today. A 2009 research project concluded that most descriptions are factually correct and still usable; only a few details were found to be inaccurate or incorrect. The results of this project were published in the following collection catalog: khm-wmw-tm-library.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1457155265"685 - 686. Hair combs - "Cisir"Two long, bow-shaped combs, one of horn, the other of sheet zinc with which the long hair of the men is combed back out of the man's face and held together at the center part, as our young girls do. As has already been mentioned, all the Javanese wear their long hair in a knot at the back of the head; only when they wear the court or wedding dress is the hair worn hanging loose over the naked back; often their hair reaches to below their hips."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 162). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller