Cleveland Museum of Art
Selimut (Man's Textile)
- Date
- 1900s
- Medium
- cotton, ikat dyed
- Culture
- Indonesia, Savu, 20th century
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
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