Name/Title
Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)Entry/Object ID
2024.4.41Description
A three-panel cotton cloth for wrapping around the waist. This cloth is made of cotton. It has a dark ground and polychrome patterns in supplementary-weft wrapping. It depicts four rows of standing figures and people on horseback, horses, deer, and birds. Some figures appear to be playing a musical horn. The ends are unfinished.Acquisition
Accession
2024.4Source or Donor
Teresa Lemon SheproAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Teresa Lemon SheproMade/Created
Time Period
2nd half of 20th CenturyEthnography
Cultural Region
Regency
MalakaIsland
TimorCountry
IndonesiaCondition
Overall Condition
Good conditionProvenance
Notes
Acquired 1991-93 one of several cloths purchased in Kupang, Atambua, and in the Besikama area, now Malaka Regency, Timor.