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331 Timor, East Timor
Tais altar (altar cloth)  
| | Locale: | Suai Loro, Covalima | | Period: | 1940-1950 | | Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun, medium, and silk | | Technique: | Warp ikat | | Size: | 69 x 179 cm (2' 3" x 5' 10") LW: 2.59 | | Design: | This cloth has a very unusual design, that deviates from more typical Suai design in many ways. It was made, not for use as attire, but as an altar cloth to be used in Roman Catholic church services. The iconography has yet to be studied in detail. Of the several types of human figures, one set appears to be a priest accompanied by two acolytes, blessing two children by laying on of hands. The cloth was acquired from the Tamukung (local ruler) Vincen Luruk of Suai Loro, and was made by his mother Teresia Luruk Bouk. | | Comment: | Note that what appear to be branches with leaves are very similar to the sliced jilamprang patterns of Ndao - where asymmetry happens to be the norm for men's wraps. The borders have been decorated with brightly coloured accent stripes in quadruple-ply commercial silk. The weave type is remarkable: twin warp is interlaced with quadruple weft. So far it is the instance of this type of weave ever encountered in the Indonesian archipelago. | | Background: | Chapters on Timor and East Timor. | | Exhibited: | Timor: Totems and Tokens, Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, 2019/20. | | |
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