Woman’s Tube Skirt (Kreot Beloge)

Textile

Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Woman’s Tube Skirt (Kreot Beloge)

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.36

Description

A two panel tube skirt of handspun cotton in warp ikat adorned with cowry shells. Overall color is reddish brown with indigo stripes. This type of cloth was possibly used as a dowry. See photo of similar piece in “Gift of the Flower Maiden” Roy Hamilton, page 174.

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

1st half of 20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Village

Mokantarak

Island

Flores

Province

East Nusa Tenggara

Country

Indonesia

Notes

Larantuka, Mokantarak Village

Dimensions

Width

66 cm

Length

137 cm

Material

Cotton, Cowrie shell

Condition

Overall Condition

Good condition.

Provenance

Notes

Acquired May 1992 in Larantuka