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Cloth for men
A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth a 'tree' with birds and scorpions are depicted. Special is the white middle strip that only the highest ranked people in the community were allowed to wear. \The cloth is finished on the short sides with a so-called 'kabakil', a woven band. They play an important role in the exchange of gifts at weddings and funerals. To …
Type of item
- Object Type: fabric
- fabric fragment
- Textile
Date
- voor 1940
Medium
- Material: cotton
- cotton (fiber)
- Cotton
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1940
Provenance
- 1994-01-01
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/65689
Format
- Technique: ikat
- ikat
- Ikat
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- wax
- ambergris
- patterning techniques
- general techniques
- spinning
- weave
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z