Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2001-0004-0012 | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt | |
| Culture | ||
| Global Region | Southeast Asia | |
| Country | Indonesia | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Sumba | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1960s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Bark cloth; Native cordage | |
| Description | Man's or woman's wrap-around skirt made from a single rectangular piece of bark cloth that is decorated with embroidered figures, including a central tree of life flanked on either side by a centipede and a human figure with outstretched arms and legs; All figures are done in an interlocking chain stitch using natural colored native cordage. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 56.5, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 33.2 | |