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Cloth for men
A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth men, skull trees and birds are depicted. \Hinggi are cloths for men. They have ikat motifs on the warp threads. Hinggi come in two or more colours. Lau' are tube smoking for women. Wearing multicoloured fabrics was mostly the privilege of the East Sumbanese aristocracy. In the course of time there were changes in the desi…
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/65713
Format
- Technique: ikat
- ikat
- Ikat
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- paint
- raffia (fiber)
- ambergris
- wax
- weave
- patterning techniques
- general techniques
- spinning
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