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Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)
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Tracing Patterns Foundation
Name/Title
Man's Cloth, (Tais Mane)
Entry/Object ID
2024.4.48
Description
A two-panel cotton cloth with dark green ground and six rows of men standing or seated on chairs in supplementary-weft wrapping (buna)
Acquisition
Accession
2024.4
Source or Donor
Teresa Lemon Shepro
Credit Line
Gift of Teresa Lemon Shepro
Made/Created
Artist
Unknown Maker
Time Period
2nd half of 20th Century
Textile Details
Technique
Plain Weave,
Supplementary-Weft Wrapping (Buna)
Ethnography
Cultural Region
Regency
Malaka
Island
Timor
Country
Indonesia
Culture/Tribe
Tetum
Dimensions
Width
102 cm
Length
268 cm
Material
Cotton
Provenance
Notes
Acquired 1991-1993 one of several cloths purchased in Kupang, Atambua, and in the Besikama area, now Malaka Regency, Timor