Tribal Textile TC35 – Mans Shoulder or Hip Cloth, Hinggi
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Tribal Textile TC35 is a beautiful Man’s Shoulder or Hip Cloth or Hinggi
Early 20th century
From the Island of Sumba in Indonesia
This Hinggi would have been woven as a prestige garment
Worn as formal attire by Sumba men at important ceremonies or events
Sumba is renowned for its technically accomplished and visually dramatic textiles
Cotton Ikat Dyed – using natural dyes mainly morinda
This textile would have been worn by male royalty at the village level
The horse motif is repeated in the cloth, depicting the male royals riding horses
These textiles were worn in matched sets, one Hinggi around the hips and a second aroudn the shoulders
The cotton dyed Hinggi were an indispensable component of ceremonial gift exchange
Sumba textiles tend to be syncretic and heavily indebted to imported imagery fro early trade and interaction amongt South East Asian island archipelaoes
A few outlying islands such as Sumba retained a relatively homogeneous population and had little economic potential in the eyes of trading Europeans
As a result Sumba retained its cultural integrity and the weavers were able to preserve trade pattern that were introduced in a Hindu-Buddhist context over a thousand years ago
This textiles shows important narratice pertaining to global trade, encounter and dynamic innovation in the arts of this region
Approx size 224 cm x 122 cm
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