Title
Shoulder cloth, C-46
Year/Period
20th century
Region
Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 239.0 x 107.3 cm (with tassels),
Object size: 24.0 x 107.3 cm (without tassels)
Object size: 24.0 x 107.3 cm (without tassels)
Accession No.
2013-00471
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the Caddys in memory of M Daly Adjas
In Southeast Asia, high quality, hand-woven textiles were long considered a distinct form of wealth. Unlike commercial textiles which were usually made in workshops by men, hand-woven, individually made and decorated cloths were made by women and were spiritually charged.
