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KAIN IKAT MADE BY ALURUNG (ALORESE SPEAKING) PEOPLE

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Ikat # 114, Solor Archipelago, Alor, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat, 1920-1940
Ikat # 184, Solor Archipelago, Pantar, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat, 1925-1950
Ikat # 314, Solor Archipelago, Pantar, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat, ca. 1940
Ikat # 315, Solor Archipelago, Pantar, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat,
Ikat # 338, Solor Archipelago, Ternate and Buaya, Tenapi (sarong), Warp ikat,
Ikat # 339, Solor Archipelago, Pantar, Kafate (sarong), Weft ikat,
Ikat # 343, Solor Archipelago, Pantar, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat,
Ikat # 344, Solor Archipelago, Alor, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat,
Ikat # 345, Solor Archipelago, Ternate and Buaya, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat,
Ikat # 346, Solor Archipelago, Pantar, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat, 1934-1942
Ikat # 347, Solor Archipelago, Pantar, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat, Late 20th c.
Ikat # 348, Solor Archipelago, Alor, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat, Late 20th to early 21st c.
Ikat # 352, Solor Archipelago, Alor, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat, Late 20th to early 21st c.
Ikat # 356, Solor Archipelago, Marica, Kafate (sarong), Warp ikat, Late 20th to early 21st c.
Ikat # 371, Solor Archipelago, Pantar, Bulohing (sarong), Warp ikat and nassa shell appliqué, Late 20th to early 21st c.



Alurung-speaking people, dispersed over four islands


This article is a stub, to be elaborated.

Alurung is a sister language of Lamaholot, which is likewise derived from Proto-Lamaholot. It is spoken by relatively small clusters on Alor and Pantar, and on two islets in between them, Ternate and Buay. The Alurung have a few unique ikating skills, such as the use of kolon susu, a non-cotton plant fibre to supplant the scarce cotton, and various unique dyes, including a beautiful and stable moss green, as well as pinks and a purplish morinda made with dyes from sea urchins.


Literature on Alurung ikat

The first, and so far only, scholarly work on the ikat of the Aluring of Ternate is an article by Yulianti Peni and Dr. Linda S. McIntosh, 'Rarely-Documented Textiles: Tenapi of Umapura Village, Ternate Isle, Alor Regency, Indonesia', in Textiles Asia, Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2020. Other sources: Emilie Wellfelt, 'The Secrets of Alorese "Silk" yarn: Kolon susu, triangle trade and underwater women in Eastern Indonesia". Susanne Rodemeier, 'Tutu kadire in Pandai – Munaseli: Erzählen und Erinnern auf der vergessenen Insel Pantar (Ostindonesien). See Literature section for details.


Map of Lamaholot area


Map of Alurung language area


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