Woman's Tube Skirt (Tais Feto)
Name/Title
Woman's Tube Skirt (Tais Feto)Entry/Object ID
2024.4.3Description
A three-panel cloth in rough cotton. It has a dark ground with seven rows of human along with diamond shapes in supplementary-weft wrapping (buna) technigue. See a similar piece in “Textiles of Western Timor” Yeager and Jacobson, page 312 photo #206 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 SheproCredit Line
Gift of Teresa Lemon SheproMade/Created
Artist
Unknown MakerTime Period
2nd half of 20th CenturyTextile Details
Technique
Supplementary-weft Patterning, Plain WeaveEthnography
Cultural Region
Island
TimorCountry
IndonesiaCulture/Tribe
Tetum