Product Description

Kisar Selimut Blanket 1

Material: Cotton
Style: Kisar, Indonesia
Size: Length 250 cm (without the fringes), Width 82 cm
Order Number: MHSKSB1

Selimut is Indonesian for blanket, shawl or shoulder cloth. In Indonesia they are usually finer than in the West and are worn over the shoulder as a man’s mantle or wrapped around the body. They are used for everyday or formal purposes.

Kisar is a very small island in South Moluccas, just off the north east tip of Timor. Women produce fine textiles for their own everyday and ceremonial use. Kisar weavers are among the most skilled. 

In Kisar there is a preference for red and rust brown as the dominant colours, complemented by black and dark blue. Geometric designs are rigidly created on many Kisar cloths. They are said to have been brought from Timor.

Kisar women wove selimut shawls for the Tanimbar market.

Map of Kisar.

Early – mid 20th century.

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