Textile Item Number: 3292/12 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Ikat textile with repeating pattern and centre seam down length. Matching pieces of brown weaving with yellow-brown, reddish-brown and black patterning - possibly depicting shrimp, birds, seahorses, lobsters and other creatures - and, divided by a large section of reddish brown across the centre with repeating designs. The two pieces are stitched together, creating a large textile with a centre seam down the length. The textile tapers in at each end, where it is sewn to a woven band, which then extends into dark brown fringe.
Specific Techniques
Woven on a back strap loom in two pieces, and then sewn together in the middle.
Item History
- Made in Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia before 1990
- Collected in Bali, Indonesia during 1989
- Owned by Kenneth Dent before February 23, 2018
- Received from Kenneth Dent (Donor) on February 23, 2018
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- 3292/12
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 249.5 cm, width 109.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Sumbawanese
- Previous Owner
- Kenneth Dent
- Received from
- Kenneth Dent (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
- Collected in
- Bali, Indonesia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1990
- Collection Date
- during 1989
- Ownership Date
- before February 23, 2018
- Acquisition Date
- on February 23, 2018
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3292/0012