Selimut (Man's Textile) (1900s): Art, History and Details
Selimut (Man's Textile) at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1900s, cotton, ikat dyed. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Selimut (Man's Textile) (1900s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The design of this selimut designates its owner as a member of the Lesser Blossom, one of two Savunese matriarchal groups that controlled life-crisis rituals. Membership in the Lesser or Greater Blossoms was never discussed verbally but only indicated through textile design. Textiles like this, with a very pure form of Lesser (or Greater) Blossom design, were reserved for ceremonial use.
Object facts
- Title: Selimut (Man's Textile)
- Date: 1900s
- Culture: Indonesia, Savu, 20th century
- Type: Textile
- Technique: cotton, ikat dyed
- Dimensions: Overall: 189.2 x 61 cm (74 1/2 x 24 in.)
- Collection: Textiles
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1981.216
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. Edward Altmann
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