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104 Savu Group, Raijua
Ei (sarong) 
| | Locale: | Village unknown. | | Period: | Early 20th c. | | Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun, fairly coarse | | Technique: | Warp ikat | | Panels: | 2 | | Size: | 42 x 91 cm (1' 4" x 2' 11") LW: 2.17 | | Design: | Narrow horizontal bands, mostly in two shades of morinda red and white, a few in indigo. Fine stripes in white. Two wide bands with a triplet of linked lozenges with inner and outer hooks - clear variants of the Timorese kaif that stand for links with the ancestors. The pinstripes in the roa, the midfield, appear to be distinctive: they are found on Raijua, not on Savu. | | Comment: | Very rare type of sacred heirloom in excellent condition. Sarongs of this type were made on the occasion of the birth of a child. They were never worn, but placed in the rumah adat and kept there. A small masterpiece with clear, tight weaving. | | Background: | Chapters on Savu Group and Raijua. | | Exhibited: | Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, 2014/15.
Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, 2017. | | Published: |
Woven Languages, 2014.
Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, 2018.
| | Compare: | 105 106 | | Sources: | Similar design, though executed with less clear definition, on somewhat wider sarong (53 x 88 cm) intended for funeral ceremonies, from collection Witjitra Samsuria, in Duggan, Woven Stories, p. 96. | | |
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