Man's Cloth

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

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Teresa Lemon Shepro

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Time Period

2nd half of 20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Indonesia

Island

Timor

Culture/Tribe

Tetum

Notes

Malaka Regency

Dimensions

Width

89 cm

Length

158 cm

Material

Cotton

Condition

Overall Condition

Good condition.

Provenance

Notes

Acquired 1991-1993 one of several cloths purchased in Kupang, Atambua, and in the Besikama area, now Malaka Regency, Timor