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Man's ceremonial loincloth

Title

Year/Period

Early 20th century

Region

Belu, West Timor, Lesser Sunda Islands

Material

Cotton

Technique

warp ikat

Dimension

Object size: 252 x 111.1 cm

Accession No.

T-0680

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This piece of handwoven cotton textile, a high ranking man's ceremonial loincloth, is known in the Belu language, as a 'tais mane'. It has a fine and intricately tied warp ikat patterning in the natural creamy white of the cotton with hightlights in blue. Such cloths were also prominent as gifts given on ceremonial occasions.