Name/Title
Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)Entry/Object ID
2024.4.53Description
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
2024.4Source or Donor
Teresa Lemon SheproCredit Line
Gift of Teresa Lemon SheproMade/Created
Time Period
2nd half of 20th CenturyTextile Details
Technique
Supplementary-weft Patterning, Plain WeaveEthnography
Cultural Region
Regency
MalakaIsland
TimorCountry
IndonesiaProvenance
Notes
Acquired 1991-93 one of several cloths purchased in Kupang, Atambua, and in the Besikama area, now Malaka Regency, Timor Indonesia