Woman's Tube Skirt (Tais Feto)

Name/Title

Woman's Tube Skirt (Tais Feto)

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.1

Description

A two-panel tube skirt with reptile and geometric motifs in supplementary weft wrapping technique (buna) and supplementary-warp patterning.

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

Island

Timor

Country

Indonesia

Culture/Tribe

Tetum

Notes

Malaka Regency

Dimensions

Width

51 cm

Length

157 cm

Material

Cotton

Condition

Overall Condition

Good condition

Provenance

Notes

Acquired in 1993