Hip Cloth

Item number 3511/10 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Decorated rectangular hip cloth (beti naek) with tightly braided fringe on ends. Designs divided into three wide panels. Top and bottom panels are peach and decorated with stripes that span the length. Stripes are an assortment of plain and dotted lines; done in yellow, white, dark orange, green-grey, and blue-purple. Centre panel is dark green with yellow birds across it. Orange and light green floral motifs throughout birds. All designs have additional orange, dark brown and light green spots. Needlework panel in middle of central band. Design of diamonds and triangles on black; all shapes are made up of small triangles and diamonds. Embroidery is done in orange, white, teal, dark pink, purple, dark green, yellow, red and blue. Small yellow vertical stripes border top and bottom edges.

History Of Use

Man's wrap, or hip cloth.

Narrative

Purchased by the donor in a market in Soe, West Timor, in September 1989.

Specific Techniques

Handwoven ikat textile; fibre dyed using local vegetable dyes. 3 pieces sewn together. Centre strip uses supplementary weft technique (pa'uf) for the animal pattern, with supplementary weft wrapping technique (buna) in the middle; flanked by panels of narrow ikat stripes.