Title
Skirtcloth
Year/Period
2007
Region
Savu, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesian Archipelago
Material
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: 109.3 x 52.9 cm
Accession No.
2008-01578
Collection of
This skirtcloth is made for a teenaged girl at puberty for everyday use which is indicated the red colour. A marriageable girl would wear a skirtcloth with ikat patterns at least for festivities. A young girl receives her first sarong between the age of three and six during a ceremony called 'daba', which corresponds to baptism for Christian religions. That skirtcloth will only contain blue or black and white without any ikat motifs.
