Man's Cloth

Textile

Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Man's Cloth

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.50

Description

A two-panel cloth with dark background and six rows of standing/ dancing men and horses in various colors, alternating with narrow borders motifs, in supplementary-weft wrapping technique. The warp ends are finished with twined fringes.

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), Twined Fringe

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Regency

Malaka

Island

Timor

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Tetum

Dimensions

Width

50 cm

Length

173 cm

Material

Cotton

Provenance

Notes

Acquired 1991-93 one of several cloths purchased in Kupang, Atambua, and in the Besikama area, now Malaka Regency, Timor Indonesia