Name/Title
Woman's Tube Skirt (Tais Feto)Entry/Object ID
2024.4.5Description
A three-panel tube skirt woven in rough cotton. It has a black background with with seven rows of human figures and diamond motifs in supplementary-weft wrapping (buna). Similar piece, photo #206 page 312 in “Textiles of Western Timor” Yeager and Jacobson, description on page 210. Also attributed specifically to Ayotupas area in “Traditional Indonesian Textiles” by John Gillow, photo 119. The areas are adjacent and the districts have been renamed and divisions changed by the government throughout the years.Acquisition
Accession
2024.4Source or Donor
Teresa Lemon SheproAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Teresa Lemon SheproMade/Created
Time Period
2nd half of 20th CenturyEthnography
Cultural Region
Island
TimorCountry
IndonesiaNotes
BesikamaCondition
Overall Condition
Good conditionProvenance
Notes
Acquired 1993, Besikama area