Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)

Name/Title

Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.46

Description

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

2024.4

Source or Donor

Teresa Lemon Shepro

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Teresa Lemon Shepro

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Time Period

2nd half of 20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Regency

Malaka

Island

Timor

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Tetum

Dimensions

Width

104 cm

Length

173 cm

Material

Cotton

Condition

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