Name/Title
Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)Entry/Object ID
2024.4.51Description
A two-panel cloth with dark background and six rows of standing men with arms outstretched and pointed down, plus seven border rows all in supplementary-weft wrapping (buna). The warp ends are finished with twined fringes.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