Title
Food cover
Year/Period
c 1920
Region
Timor, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesian Archipelago
Dimension
Object size: 19 x 36.8 cm
Accession No.
XXXX-09922
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. John Barker
This dishcover made of lontar leaves has a colourful geometric patterns of diamond, hook, square and wave. It was probably used in houses of ruling elites in West Timor.Covers such as these were a means of storing dishes of prepared food for short periods of time.
