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Ikat from Savu, Savu Group, Indonesia
 

143 Savu Group, Savu


Selendang (shawl)  magnifiermicroscope


Locale: Village unknown, Hubi Iki.
Period: 1950 or earlier
Yarn: Cotton, hand-spun, fine
Technique: Warp ikat
Panels: 2
Size: 71 x 153 cm (2' 3" x 5' 0")   LW: 2.15
Weight: 360 g (12.7 oz), 331 g/m2 (1.08 oz/ft2)
Design: Pattern dominated by 112 wohapi, the open-ended lozenges with outlined hooks on both ends and divided by red lines, typical for Hubi Iki; most wohapi arranged in a midfield grid, twelve in two lateral bands.
Comment: Hi'i wo hepi, the emblematic ceremonial shawl for men of the Hubi Iki moiety. An older, pure asli hi'i, with hand spun yarn and vegetable dyes, excellent weaving, suggesting an older cloth. Twisted fringes. [Date of acquisition not certain.]
Background: Chapters on Savu Group and Savu.
Compare: 142 112 117 111
Sources: Nearly identical. Nearly identical cloth in Duggan, Ikats of Savu, Fig. 72; and to hi'i in Duggan, Woven Stories, P. 85 top. Also very similar to hi'i in Khan Majlis, Woven Messages, Fig. 224, Yoshimoto, Ikat, Fig. 152, and to our PC 142, but with larger number of wohapi.
  
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