Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; selimut; man's clothing. Indonesia
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creation Place:
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Atoni
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Creation Place:
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Indonesia
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Creation Place:
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West Timor
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Title:
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Textile; selimut; man's clothing. Indonesia
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Materials:
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handwoven
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Materials:
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float weave
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Materials:
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handspun cotton
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Materials:
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fabric
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Dimensions:
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218.0 cm by 124.0 cm
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Current Location:
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
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Address:
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Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
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Object ID:
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UCLA FMCH X70.100
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Subject:
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- geometric bands
- handwoven float weave handspun cotton fabric
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Heading:
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Content/Description
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Notes:
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REMARKS COMPILED IN 1987 BY ROY HAMILTON ON BASIS OF EXISTING RECORDS, EXAMINATION OF OBJECT, AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: "Selimut" or man's hip or shoulder wrap. Consists of two identical panels sewn together warpwise. The decorative technique is a warp-faced alternating float weave. Natural dyes: Morinda citrifolia for red and indigo for blue. Thread count: warp 68 e.p.i. (single yarn); weft 24 e.p.i. For a general discussion of Atoni weaving, see Schulte Nordholt 1971:41-46. One end of the cloth has been turned down and sewn to form a sleeve for hanging. In addition to serving as clothing, cloths on Timor traditionally played an important part in exchange cycles among allied kin groups, particularly at weddings and funerals [Gittinger 1979:21-22; for a detailed analysis of a typical Timorese alliance exchange system, see Forman 1980:152-177.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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Notes:
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Schulte Nordholt, H.G. 1971. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE ATONI OF TIMOR. The Hague, Netherlands, Martinus Nijhoff.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft6f59p0c1
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