Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Amanuban Subdistrict?
Creation Place:
Atoni
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Timor
Title:
Textile; selimut; man's hip or shoulder wrap. Indonesia
Date:
1900-1950
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
warp ikat
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
203.2 cm by 118.1 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X83.878
Subject:
- birds stripes
- handwoven warp ikat cotton fabric
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS BY ROY HAMILTON (1988): This style of "selimut", with a three-color ikat center panel, is typical of "selimut" worn in Amanuban Subdistrict, South Central Timor District. Similar cloths were examined in the field in the town of Soe in Amanuban in 1987.
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Schulte Nordholt, H.G. 1971. THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE ATONI OF TIMOR. The Hague, Netherlands, Martinus Nijhoff.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft109n99v 9

Textile; selimut; man's hip or shoulder wrap. Indonesia