Man's mantle, selimut, hand woven on homespun yarn dyed two shades of brown in natural dyestuffs, with patterning in warp ikat. Set of stripes runs along the length of the cloth next to the selvedges, the three main stripes of which contain ikat designs of which the outer two are chiefly dentate. Main field decorated in bands of motifs based on patola design. At each end a triple band of designs, the outer two containing circle and four pointed star motifs, the inner a pattern of triangles. Some motifs with blue details at centre. Warp ends left loose. 188 x 69cm. Lio, Nggela area. Flores, Indonesia. (AF81) See Hamilton, Roy W. Gift of the Cotton Maiden; Textiles of Flores and the Solor Islands. Fowler Museum of Cultural History. Los Angeles.
