Red and yellow embroidered shoulder cloth

This cotton cloth consists of two diagonal sections, a plain yellow half and an embroidered red half. The black, white or yellow embroidery of floral and sun and turtle motifs also occurs on a rare cloth and on tree bark elsewhere in Halmahera.‖ The red and yellow cloth is worn in three different places and ways during the harvest ritual, depending on the gender and status of the wearer. The red h…