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Ikat from Savu, Savu Group, Indonesia
 

142 Savu Group, Savu


Selendang (shawl)


Locale: Village unknown, Hubi Iki.
Period: 1950 or earlier
Panels: 2
Design: Pattern dominated by ninety wohapi, the open-ended diamonds with outlined hooks on both ends, typical for Hubi Iki, most arranged in a midfield grid, twelve in two lateral bands.
Size: 81 x 140 cm (31.8 x 55.1 in)
Weight: 330 g (291 g/m2)
Yarn: Cotton, hand-spun, fine
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. Twisted fringes. [Date of acquisition not certain.]
Background: Additional information in chapters on Savu Group and Savu.
Published: Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, 2018.
Compare: 112 143 117 111
Sources: Nearly identical cloth in Genevieve Duggan, Ikats of Savu, Fig. 72. Very similar to hi'i in Khan Majlis, Woven Messages, Fig. 224, the most important difference being that the grid here shows six rows rather than eight. To both applies Khan Majlis's observation that 'the very clear ikat design and the warm shades of morinda point to an older textile.' Also similar to hi'i in Yoshimoto, Ikat, Fig. 152.
  
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