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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Labala Village
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Creation Place:
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Lamaholot
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Creation Place:
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Lembata Island
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Title:
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Textile; kain adat; sarong. 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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205.8 cm by 128.2 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 X81.1503
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Subject:
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- manta ray "mokum" star
- 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 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.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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Notes:
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Mattiebelle Gittinger (ed.), TO SPEAK WITH CLOTH: STUDIES IN INDONESIAN TEXTILES, UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1989, p. 11.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft0f59n6m7
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