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| | | | 342 Sumba, East Sumba
Hinggi (men's blanket)
| | Locale: | Kanatang | | Period: | 19th century | | Panels: | 2 | | Design: | The nine-band lay-out of this antique hinggi gave the dyer ample space for large main motifs: skull trees with snakes curling around them, and horses facing each other. Room was also left for a generous kundu duku, the midsection that graces the nobleman's shoulders. The latter has an unusual patola-inspired midfield. The type of patolu it emulates was not yet identified. Some ikat made in the Lio district of Flores has a similar lattice patterning. Note that when the two panels were sewn together at their selvedges one of the panels was reversed, with asymmetry as a result. On Sumba, single weft is typically used only in narrow shawls, and very rarely encountered in hinggi. It produces drawing with slightly better resolution. | | Size: | 112 x 230 cm (44 x 90.5 in) | | Weight: | 840 g (326 g/m2) | | Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun, medium (not plied), rare single weft, | | Comment: | The are two spots, about the size of a handprint, where the cloth was damaged, presumably because it was tacked to a pole or the supports of an awning or some such structure, probably to display it, perhaps over a ruler's seat. See detail below. | | Background: | Additional information in chapters on Sumba and East Sumba. | | Published: | Ikat from Timor and its Outer Islands, 2022.
Noble Virtuosity: Hidden Asymmetry in Ikat from Sumba, 2024. | | Sources: | Origin determined by Kinga Lauren. | | |
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