Man's Cloth

Textile

Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Man's Cloth

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.49

Description

A two-panel cloth with dark green background and six rows (3 on each panel) of male figures seated on chairs in various colors. The figures are done in supplementary-weft wrapping (buna) technique. One panel is slightly larger than the other.

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

Island

Timor

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Tetum

Dimensions

Width

89 cm

Length

158 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