Title
Shouldercloth
Year/Period
First half of the 20th century
Region
Timor, East Nusa Tenggara
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 260.0 x 66.5 cm
Accession No.
2018-01064
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of the City of Delft, Netherlands
Worn draped across the shoulders, this cloth has a white centre-field with small hooked diamond motifs repeated in threes. These are bordered by the hook (tanduk) motif in red and yellow. On either side, red and indigo hook and rhomb (kaif) motifs are rendered in supplementary weft, possibly using silk. These are separated with dotted stripes. Possibly owned by an aristocratic family, its design indicates it could possibly originate from the small island of Nunkolo.
