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Hip cloth
Digital record courtesy Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden (NMVW) · hover or touch the image to magnify
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Hip cloth

Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden (NMVW) · RV-2319-12
InstitutionRijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden (NMVW)
AccessionRV-2319-12
Object typehinggi
Datebefore 1937
AcquisitionCollected by G.H.M. Riekerk; donated 1937
CollectorG.H.M. Riekerk (1937)
DescriptionHip cloth, warp ikat, two sewn panels, 114.5 x 273 cm. End bands: twelve paired birds with lobster and fish figures, natural/yellow/blue on red-brown. Broad black midfield: red coconut palms with monkeys and snakes. Central band: patola ratu. (Museum record, transl. from Dutch; cloth noted as damaged.)
Estimated PeriodPre-1930
Cite this record: Marapu Governing Body of East Sumba, comp. 2026. “Hip cloth, Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, Leiden (NMVW), RV-2319-12.” East Sumba Cultural Return, version 1.0. https://nusantara-arts.com/item/RV-2319-12/.
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