Man's Mantle or Hip Cloth (Hinggi) | Yale University Art Gallery

before 1919

Not on view

This textile belonged to the Dutch artist and collector W. O. J. Nieuwenkamp, who traveled extensively in Indonesia beginning in the 1890s. Nieuwenkamp was the first European artist to visit Bali, and in 1918 he traveled to Sumba, Flores, Timor, and Alor, where he documented the local culture in writings and drawings.

Medium: Cotton; warp-faced plain weave, warp ikat
Dimensions: 103 15/16 × 51 3/16 in. (264 × 130 cm)
Credit Line: Promised gift of Thomas Jaffe, B.A. 1971
Loan number: ILE2012.30.830
Geography: Made in East Sumba, Indonesia
Culture: Sumba
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

Original collector: W. O. J. Nieuwenkamp, 1918 (photographed 1928). Ex-collection: Acquired from Nieuwenkamp heirs 3/1999. Seller: K. Watters.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

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