Garment; waist or shoulder cloth; designs include horses and skull trees or “andung;” designs in shades of white, brown, red and blue on alternating ground in brown and red; cotton ikat in two loom widths sewn together. Man;s garment worn with pants or draped across the shoulders. Woven by women. Worn by the elite classes only on special occasions. Also serve as elements in ritual gift exchange system that is part of the social, economic and religious life of East Sumba. Width 1.18 m. Length not including fringe at each end. 2.38 m.
Donor:
Grace Relfe, Kathy Ashe, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sumba, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trousers
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1980-1981 #42: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (January 9, 1981–March 13, 1981), S1981-1982 #11: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 24, 1981–December 1, 1981), S1982-1983 #14: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1982–December 6, 1982), S1983-1984 #36: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (January 13, 1983–March 5, 1984), S1984-1985 #13: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1984–December 12, 1984), S1985-1986 #11: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (October 3, 1985–February 4, 1986), S1986-1987 #7: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (September 29, 1986–December 1, 1986), S1987-1988 #19: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 1987–December 8, 1987), S1988-1989 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1988–February 21, 1989), S1989-1990 #8: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (October 31, 1989–November 17, 1989), S1990-1991 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1990–January 3, 1991), S1992-1993 #30: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (November 12, 1992–December 22, 1992), S1993-1994 #9: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (November 10, 1993–December 15, 1993), S1995-1996 #12: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (November 10, 1995–November 29, 1995), and S1996-1997 #9: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (November 6, 1996–December 17, 1996)