Record metadata:
| Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
|---|---|
| Title | IIc 6399 |
| Keywords | Bird deflector OR table coaster |
| Description | Two different comments were made about this object. 1. One suggested use for these objects known as 'lilate', M, was to hang them in the garden to distract birds and animals from the crops. If thread was not available lilate were made from pieces of ‘koba rika’ the sheath of the betelnut tree. 2. An alternate use for these squares of thread were used make tablecloths. The technique is likened to crochet (kurse, M, T). The process involves two sticks being tied together and the threads are wound around the sticks according to the required size. Then the sticks are removed and a thread is inserted into each of the four corners. The thread is then used to stitch/tie/attach to another square. Once stitched together the squares make a tablecloth. |
| Creator of Object | Presumed Makasae people |
| Date Created | Pre August 1935 |
| Place Created | Presumed Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste |
| Object Type | Domestic object |
| Dimensions | Variable dimensions |
| Use status in 2014 | Not used |
| Material | Sticks and hand spun cotton |
| Technique | Hand spun and hand wound |
| Institution/Holder: object | Museum der Kulturen Basel |
| Collector | Dr Alfred Bühler |
| Date Collected | August 1935 |
| Place Collected | Baguia Sub-district, Baucau District, Timor-Leste |
| File Copyright | Museum der Kulturen Basel. Photograph taken by Joanna Barrkman, 2014 |
| MKB/Buehler object title | Fadenkreuz, G kabas ael, ahle lilibakka, M |
| Notes | There was confusion about the use of this object. In public viewings no one offered comment generally saying they did not recognise this object. However master weaver, Sra Merlinda da Silva, Alawa Kraik, was confident of its use as a a banate to make tablecloths, whilst Sr Gregorius de Oliviera, Alawa Kraik, was confident of its use as a lilate, to scare birds in the fields. Both explanations are plausible. |
| Production status in 2014 | Not made |
| Timorese Language Term/s | Lelate, M OR Banate; biti biti banate for table cloth |
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