Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; selimut; man's hip or shoulder wrap. 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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Indonesia
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Creation Place:
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Savu
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Title:
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Textile; selimut; man's hip or shoulder wrap. 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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cotton
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Materials:
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fabric
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Dimensions:
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168.9 cm by 74.9 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 X81.1501
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Subject:
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- geometric band fringe
- handwoven warp ikat cotton fabric
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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 warpwise. Handspun(?) cotton thread. Natural dyes, Morinda citrifolia for red overdyed with indigo for black. For a discussion of Savunese textiles see Fox 1977a:97-100. A range of Savunese "selimut" are illustrated in Majlis 1984: 279 and in Gittinger 1979:187. For two photos illustrating the manner of wearing a Savunese "selimut", see Fox 1977b:86 & 123. From accompanying notes: Mid 20th century. The two panels of this cloth differ slightly in width to allow for an uneven number of motif stripes in the pattern; this is a characteristic feature of Savunese "selimut" [Gittinger 1979:187]. Color and design features of Savunese textiles served to identify the moiety and subgroup of the wearer. Cloths were used in a variety of ritual situations, particularly marriage and funerary exchange. The following information is from Gaworski 1971:100: "When an important person died, a horse was sometimes "sent" along to aid him in his journeys after death. The dead man's family provided a "selimut" to be placed across the horse's back and a friend of the deceased was invited to ride the horse to the graveside, where it was sacrificed. To be chosen as the rider was a great honor and after the ceremony the friend would keep the weaving that had been on the horse as a remembrance or keepsake of the dead man.
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Notes:
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Kahn Majlis, Brigitte. 1984. INDONESISCHE TEXTILIEN: WEGE ZU GOTTERN UND AHNEN. Cologne, Germany, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum. Gaworski, Wanda. 1971. THE WORLD OF INDONESIAN TEXTILES. Tokyo, Kadansha International.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft9v19p2j4
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