Man's Wrapper

Name/Title

Man's Wrapper

Entry/Object ID

2026.4.34

Description

A sémba, woven by a Lio weaver from Ndona district in Flores, probably shortly before it was acquired in the 1970s. Compare a near-identical cloth in "Gift of the Cotton Maiden" (Hamilton 1994 page 138), said to have been woven by Sisila Wunu of Wolotopo in the 1980s.

Acquisition

Accession

2026.4

Source or Donor

Ian McCabe

Credit Line

Gift of Ian and June McCabe

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Time Period

1970s

Textile Details

Technique

Plain Weave, Warp Ikat

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Island

Flores

Country

Indonesia

Dimensions

Width

105 cm

Length

165 cm

Material

Cotton

Provenance

Notes

Purchased by Ian McCabe from a dealer in Jakarta or Bali in 1977-79