Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Flores Island
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Lamaholot
Title:
Textile; kwatek; woman's sarong. Indonesia
Date:
1988-1988
Materials:
fabric
Materials:
hand spun
Materials:
hand woven
Materials:
back tension loom
Materials:
warp ikat
Materials:
sewn
Materials:
cotton
Materials:
indigo
Materials:
shell
Dimensions:
156.5 cm by 61.0 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X88.1285
Subject:
- fabric hand spun hand woven back tension loom warp ikat sewn cotton
indigo shell
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS BY ROY HAMILTON (1988): Sarong constructed of two panels sewn together. Purchased in a shop in Maumere, Flores, as an example of a type of cloth not otherwise represented in the museum's collection. "Kwatek" is the Lamaholot Language term for woman's sarong. This particular style of sarong is known as "kwatek mean". The shell ornaments are known as "kinga". A similar cloth is illustrated in Kartomi (1981:figure 7).
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Roy Hamilton (ed.), GIFT OF THE COTTON MAIDEN: TEXTILES OF FLORES AND THE SOLOR ISLANDS, Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1994, p. 174.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft4r29p0f d

Textile; kwatek; woman's sarong. Indonesia