Tais Feto

Woman’s Tube Skirt
Tetun
Malaka, Timor
19th / early 20th century
Cotton, silk; warp ikat and supplementary weft wrapping
155 cm x 61 cm
Provenance:
Augustus Flick collection, Germany

The ritual tube skirts of Tetun women are celebrated for their deep colors, fine ikat and reptilian ancestor motifs achieved with 'buna' weft wrapping technique. This is an especially fine skirt from a great provenance.

Object Presented by:
Thomas Murray
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