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206 Timor, West Timor
Tais (sarong)  
| | Locale: | Amarasi, Baun people. | | Period: | 1930-1945 | | Yarn: | Cotton, commercial, fine, quad-ply | | Technique: | Warp ikat | | Panels: | 2 | | Size: | 66 x 136.5 cm (2' 1" x 4' 5") LW: 2.07 | | Weight: | 450 g (15.9 oz), 250 g/m2 (0.82 oz/ft2) | | Design: | Sarong in the typical style of Baun. The plain red bands are flanked on either side with a row of half kaif motifs. | | Comment: | Old, well-worn cloth, very soft. Natural dyes only. Colours somewhat vané, but with enough presence to make a strong overall impression. From old Duch collection. Very good condition. | | Background: | Chapters on Timor and West Timor. | | Exhibited: | Timor: Totems and Tokens, Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, 2019/20. | | Published: | Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, 2018.
Timor: Totems and Tokens, 2019.
Ikat Textiles of Timor: Indonesian and Timor-Leste, 2025. | | Sources: | Practically identical to probably younger Baun sarong in Yeager and Jacobson, Textiles of West Timor, p. 103, Fig. 61. Very similar to one on p. 247, Plate 10, except that ours has natural dyes only. Very similar to early to mid 20th C. tais in Hamilton and Barrkman, Textiles of Timor, Fig. 219, but with more elaborate design. | | |
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