Record metadata:
Type | Cultural Object (2014 Definition) |
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Title | IIc 6403 |
Keywords | Bird deflector OR template for textiles |
Description | See IIc 6399 |
Creator of Object | Presumed Makasae people |
Date Created | Pre August 1935 |
Place Created | 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 | Baugia 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 | Lilate, M OR Banate, biti biti banate for table cloth |
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