Woman’s Tube Skirt.

Name/Title

Woman’s Tube Skirt.

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.39

Description

A four-panel tube skirt. The middle two panels are decorated with polychrome stripes and blue-and-white ikat bands. The ends panels have black ground with star motifs in supplementary-weft wrapping technique (buna).

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

Island

Timor

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Tetum

Notes

Malaka Regency/Betun

Dimensions

Width

58 cm

Length

163 cm

Material

Cotton

Condition

Overall Condition

Light soiling overall and some stainings.

Provenance

Notes

Acquired 1993 in Betun area, now Malaka Regency, Timor, Tetun people