Title
Wrap
Year/Period
First half of the 20th century
Region
Timor, East Nusa Tenggara
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 154.0 x 80.0 cm
Accession No.
2018-01049
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Regina Maria Bekker-Zeef. Presented to the ACM by the City of Delft, Netherlands.
The widest band in this wrap (beti) is decorated with a variation of the lozenge shaped motif called kaif, which is used in Timorese textiles to denote connections with the ancestors. Smaller bands have twisting snake motifs, and triangular chains in yellow, brown, red and black. Such cloths are usually worn by men, wrapped around the waist, during rites of passage ceremonies and other rituals.
