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319 Sumba, East Sumba
Hinggi (men's blanket)  
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| Locale: | Janga Mangu (Djangamangoe) |
| Period: | Circa 1940 |
| Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun, extremely fine, double-ply |
| Technique: | Warp ikat |
| Panels: | 2 |
| Size: | 117.5 x 258 cm (3' 10" x 8' 5") LW: 2.20 |
| Weight: | 695 g (24.5 oz), 229 g/m2 (0.75 oz/ft2) |
| Design: | Construction in hondu wallah, without longitudinal repetition and the added complexity of patttern compression. Central band with karihu motifs. It is of a construction called hondu kihhil walla, which involves only two instead of the usual eight replications The the small devices producing asymmetry are in the clouds of dots at both ends of the butterfly-like karihu mtsifs placed s on the axial band. The wallah key is found in the colour, red vs. blue, of the cockatoos separating the pairs of seahorses, The two panels vary greatly in width (64 cm versus 53.5 cm) as a result of pattern compression. |
| Comment: | This cloth was identified as created by Rambu Dai Ataluda by her son Dicky Dongga. |
| Background: | Chapters on Sumba and East Sumba. |
| Published: | Ikat from Timor and its Outer Islands, 2022.
Noble Virtuosity: Hidden Asymmetry in Ikat from Sumba, 2024. |
| Compare: | 188 187 027 222 299 |
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