Sumba cloth

Museum number:
18-1413
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3918
Description:
Garment, sumba cloth, Ikat; white figures: snakes, dragons, horned animals, birds, geometric, and curvilinear on blue ground; white decorative border; 20 plus years old [as of 1984]; self-fringe. Largely ceremonial, can be worn on shoulder or waist; worn by men only. Also given to men as “Feminine gift” by bride’s father to seal wedding contract as well as often used as burial cloth. Length 258 cm. Width 121 cm. fringe included.
Donor:
Stephen T. Colman
Collection place:
Sumba, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Collector:
Stephen T. Colman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sumba cloth, accession number 18-1413, described as Garment, sumba cloth, Ikat; white figures: snakes, dragons, horned animals, birds, geometric, and curvilinear on blue ground; white decorative border; 20 plus years old [as of 1984]; self-fringe. Largely ceremonial, can be worn on shoulder or waist; worn by men only. Also given to men as “Feminine gift” by bride’s father to seal wedding contract as well as often used as burial cloth. Length 258 cm. Width 121 cm. fringe included.

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