Name/Title
Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)Entry/Object ID
2024.4.44Description
A two-panel cotton cloth with black ground and six rows of men, arms outstretched pointed upward, or seated in chairs with arms outstretched pointed downward, along with vertical rows of reptile figures, in supplementary-weft wrapping. Fringed edges.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