This head cloth features bands in red and green with gold supplementary weft.Ceremonial dress wears conveys important information about a man's social status. Typically a Minangkabau man's costume will consist of 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 ‘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’.
