Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)

Name/Title

Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.53

Description

A three-panel cotton cloth with brown background and five rows of standing figures in trousers and sarong skirt in supplementary-weft wrapping. The warp ends are finished with twined fringes.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.4

Source or Donor

Teresa Lemon Shepro

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Teresa Lemon Shepro

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Time Period

2nd half of 20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Regency

Malaka

Island

Timor

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Tetum

Dimensions

Width

92 cm

Length

168 cm

Material

Cotton

Condition

Overall Condition

Good condition

Provenance

Notes

Acquired 1991-93 one of several cloths purchased in Kupang, Atambua, and in the Besikama area, now Malaka Regency, Timor Indonesia