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Woman’s Tube Skirt
A three-panel tube skirt. The top panel is solid black, the middle is black-and-white ikat with geometric design, and the bottom has a dark baackground with human figures, deer, and horses in supplementary-weft wrapping.
Title: Woman’s Tube Skirt
Artist: Unknown
Creation Date: 2nd half 20th Century
Geography: Malaka Regency/Betun (Timor Island, Indonesia)
Culture: Tetum
Medium: Cotton
Technique: Plain weave, warp ikat, supplementary-weft wrapping
Dimensions: 58 cm x 109 cm (22.83 in x 42.91 in)
Classification: Costumes
Credit Line: Gift of Teresa Lemon Shepro
Object ID Number: TR.2024.4.40