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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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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warp ikat
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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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208.0 cm by 112.0 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 X72.375
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Subject:
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- geometric
- handwoven warp ikat 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 panels sewn together. Handspun thread; natural (?) dyes. Thread count: warp 36 e.p.i. (double yarn) in ikat bands, 52 e.p.i. (single yarn) in striped bands; weft 23 e.p.i. For a general discussion of Atoni weaving, see Schulte Nordholt 1971:41-46. Probably from the Atoni people of the western half of Timor; however, the published information is not sufficient to allow a determination of which of the former Atoni domains the cloth may have been made in. A very similar cloth is illustrated in Kahn Majlis 1984:284, plate 461, with provenience given as Central Timor. 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 1980:155-177].
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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Notes:
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Kahn Majlis, Brigitte. 1984. INDONESISCHE TEXTILIEN. Cologne, Germany, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum 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/ft2m3nb0xp
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