Name/Title
Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)Entry/Object ID
2024.4.46Description
A two-panel cotton cloth with black ground and six rows of male figures in supplementary-weft wrapping (buna). The men are seated and appear to be wearing shoes and smoking a cigarette. Fringed edges.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 condition except for a minor unraveling of the supplementary-weft in one area.Provenance
Notes
Acquired 1991-93 one of several cloths purchased in Kupang, Atambua, and in the Besikama area now Malaka Regency, Timor