Woman's Tube Skirt

Woven Textile

Tracing Patterns Foundation

Name/Title

Woman's Tube Skirt

Entry/Object ID

2024.4.19

Description

A four-panel cotton tube skirt in dark, with thin blue, green, purple bands and brown-and-beige ikat. Both ends of the skirt are decorated with small flower patterns in supplementary-weft wrapping (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

1st half of 20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Island

Timor

Country

Indonesia

Notes

Atambua

Dimensions

Width

66 cm

Length

170 cm

Material

Cotton

Condition

Overall Condition

One repaired hole. The old fold lines along the sides are heavily creased. Potential conservation need to soften the crease.

Provenance

Notes

Acquired 1993 Atambua area