Shoulder Cloth

Name/Title

Shoulder Cloth

Entry/Object ID

2026.4.12

Description

A selendang (shoulder cloth) from the island of Timor, with warp patterned bands with geckos and curls, and a central band of discontinuous supplementary weft motifs. Cotton.

Acquisition

Accession

2026.4

Source or Donor

Ian McCabe

Credit Line

Gift of Ian and June McCabe

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown Maker

Time Period

Mid-20th Century

Textile Details

Technique

Plain Weave, Warp Ikat

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Island

Timor

Country

Indonesia

Dimensions

Width

50 cm

Length

141 cm

Material

Cotton

Provenance

Notes

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