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142 Savu Group, Savu
Selendang (shawl)  
| | Locale: | Village unknown, Hubi Iki. | | Period: | 1950 or earlier | | Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun, fine | | Technique: | Warp ikat | | Panels: | 2 | | Size: | 81 x 140 cm (2' 7" x 4' 7") LW: 1.73 | | Weight: | 330 g (11.6 oz), 291 g/m2 (0.95 oz/ft2) | | 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. | | 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: | 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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