This squarish men’s head cloth is patterned with bands in green, red and blue alternating with strips of supplementary weft in gold wrapped thread. The cloth ends in a thicker band of gold wrapped thread. It is folded into a headdress for men called a ‘deta’. The ceremonial dress a Minangkabau male wears conveys important information about a man's role and responsibilities in society. Typically, a Minangkabau man's costume will consist of a number of items; a head covering called a ‘deta’ or ‘saluak’, a big shirt or ‘baju gadang’, trousers or ‘sarawa gadang’, a short sarong or ‘sisampiang’, a belt known as an ‘ikek pinggang’, and a shoulder cloth which is called either a ‘salendang’ or ‘salempang’. In addition, he may also wear a keris dagger, which in the Minangkabau language is a ‘karih’, not to mention other ceremonial objects such as a silver box for tobacco or betel known as a ‘salapah sireh’.
