Name/Title
Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)Entry/Object ID
2024.4.56Description
A three-panel cotton cloth with black ground and five rows of standing male figures wearing trousers and sarong in supplementary-weft wrapping technique. 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
Plain Weave, Supplementary-Weft Wrapping (Buna), Twined FringeEthnography
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