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 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