A work made of three panels joined: outer two panels: stripes of cotton, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat), warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; center panel: cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary weft wrapping; weft twining, cut main warp fringe.

Woman's Festive Shoulder Cloth

1975/2000

Belu region, Timor, Indonesia

Timor

Three panels joined: outer two panels: stripes of cotton, warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat), warp-faced, weft ribbed plain weave; center panel: cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary weft wrapping; weft twining, cut main warp fringe

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