Small Textile, Warp Ikat Shrimp Pattern
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 May 2017
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ann Dunham
label: Donor Name
content: Maya Soetoro-Ng
notes: label: Notes
content: Small handwoven textile. Handspun, single-ply cotton thread. Warp-faced plain weave, with light brown wefts. Warp is ikat dyed, with brown background and large motifs in yellow, purple, and white. Ends have knotted fringe. Label sewn to back says "Iwan Tirta, Nusa ikat, handmade in Indonesia".
label: Notes
content: Described in Bron Solyom's notes (see accession file, page 12) as an "atypically small warp ikat with a shrimp pattern, made under the label of Djakarta textile designer Iwan Tirta. The pattern and name "Nusaikat" vaguely imply that it came from one of the eastern islands [of Indonesia] but could have been commissioned from a textile workshop in Java. It's purpose (table runner? placemat?) was not identified." Possibly made or purchased in Jakarta.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jakarta (not certain), Java, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Javanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077623
label: USNM Number
content: E434792-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 82 cm
label: Width
content: 76 cm