Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Creation Place:
Labala Village
Creation Place:
Lamaholot
Creation Place:
Lembata Island
Title:
Textile; kain adat; sarong. Indonesia
Materials:
handwoven
Materials:
warp ikat
Materials:
handspun cotton
Materials:
fabric
Dimensions:
205.8 cm by 128.2 cm
Current Location:
Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
Address:
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
Object ID:
UCLA FMCH X81.1503
Subject:
- manta ray "mokum" star
- handwoven warp ikat handspun cotton fabric
Heading:
Content/Description
Notes:
REMARKS BY RUTH BARNES (1989): three-panel bridewealth cloth from Atadei. The two outer panels show the patterns "moku" [manta ray] and "sirete" [star]; the central panel the "menue" design, named for a swift, a thread-winding device. The open warp at "rata" [called "ratan" in Atadei, has been cut.
Heading:
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Notes:
Mattiebelle Gittinger (ed.), TO SPEAK WITH CLOTH: STUDIES IN INDONESIAN TEXTILES, UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1989, p. 11.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/ft0f59n6m 7

Textile; kain adat; sarong. Indonesia