Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Sa'dan Toraja
Creation Place:
South Sulewesi
Title:
Textile; pio suki; loincloth; man's clothing. Indonesia
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
supplementary weft
Materials:
cotton
Dimensions:
211.8 cm by 47.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X79.285A
Subject:
- diamond fret
- handwoven supplementary weft cotton
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: Two similar pieces, X79.285A&
B. According to Pat Altman: this loincloth was cut in half, possibly because it had holes in the long center section. The original loincloth would have been woven in one very long piece, with supplementary weft decoration added only at the two ends. The only illustration in the literature of such a loincloth is in Kahn Majlis 1984:fig.736. Two vernacular names are given there, "p'itu" or "peo suki". The term "pio suki" given in the original accession material for this cloth is a variant. "Pio" = "loincloth". "Pio can also have a ceremonial function as they are hung out as "tombi" (="banner") at certain feasts [Nooy-Palm 1970:187].
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Nooy-Palm, Hetty. 1970. "Dress and adornment of the Sa'dan Toraja (Celebes, Indonesia)." TROPICAL MAN, 2:164-194.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft3n39n8p g

Textile; pio suki; loincloth; man's clothing. Indonesia