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338 Solor Archipelago, Ternate and Buaya
Tenapi (sarong)
| | Locale: | Collected on East Pantar, but made on Ternate, probably Umapura village, Alurung people, | | Period: | | | Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun, medium, and silk pinstripes | | Technique: | Warp ikat | | Panels: | 3 | | Size: | 71 x 145 cm (2' 3" x 4' 9") LW: 2.04 | | Design: | Tenipa, sarong of the type Patola Baololong, originating from the Suku Uma Kakang or Elder Brother Lineage on Ternate. It is composed of three panels or lireng. The background was dyed with morinda, as tradition prescribes. The central field was was decorated with a motif called baololong which represents banyan tree leaves (banyan tree, bao; leaves, lolong), and is also known as baololong sambung (connecting banyan tree leaves). The array of lozenges was inspired by patola designs, most likely the Pan Bhat design (Bühler & Fischer Type 1, see PC 307). The undulating pattern close to the extremities, called, kago no-eking, symbolizes intertwining snakes and represents solidarity. The piece is enlivened by silk accent stripes, available in the area until the onset of World War II, and popular as a device to show off wealth. Linda S. McIntosh was so kind as to prepare a detailed information page for this cloth. | | Comment: | [PHOTOGRAPHY PROVISIONAL] This sarong was acquired from the same Pantarese family as PC 247. It belonged to the male head of the household, the kepala desa of Lamahule, PC 249 one to his wife. | | Background: | Chapters on Solor Archipelago and Ternate and Buaya. | | Published: | Ikat from Timor and its Outer Islands, 2022.
| | Compare: | 247 167 | | Sources: | Most information was derived (partly verbatim) from the description of a near-identical tenipa from Ternate shown in Peni and McIntosh, 'Textiles of Ternate', Textiles Asia, Vol. 12 Issue 1. Additional information by Marthen Mabilehi. | | |
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