Trousers

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"563. Long trousers - "Saluwara-malampe"A long, wide pair of trousers, similar to the European type, of red, black-striped hand-made cotton, mostly only worn by Makassars and only by men. Probably copied from a European model, also only to be found in the areas close to the coasts where the people have had contact for centuries with Europeans and Chinese."Translation of: Czurda, F. A. J. (1883). Catalog mit Erklärungen der Etnografischen Privatsammlung des Dr. F. A. J. Czurda in Postelberg (Böhmen). (p. 146). Wien, Wilhelm Braumüller