Ceremonial Cloth (Mawa)

Textile

Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Ceremonial Cloth (Mawa)

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.3

Description

This cloth depicts local scenes of buffaloes, people, and traditional houses of Toraja. Such cloth is called mawa and is a type of sacred cloth called mawa, used for ceremonial purposes in Toraja. Identified on label by seller as Batik Kuno /Mamasa (Toraja Barat) Ag Motif Ne’limbongan

Acquisition

Accession

2023.3

Source or Donor

Vickie Elson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Vickie Elson

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Textile Details

Technique

Plain Weave, Painted

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Island

Sulawesi

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Mamasa

Dimensions

Width

44.5 cm

Length

273 cm

Material

Cotton

Provenance

Notes

Purchased by Vickie Elson in Toraja in 1989. Donated to Tracing Patterns Foundation in 2023.