Timorese textiles are a tradition in their own right. Still woven on a simple back strap loom and used daily by the Atoni, no two weavings are the same as the weaver is not allowed to weave the same "story" twice. This man's cloth is from the famed Miomafo area in West Timor. Executed in three panels, the exquisite ikat or tie dye motif work in the central panel is from natural indigo and the side stripes are woven with commercial dyed material. The intricately tight Futatoni or anthropomorphic figure translates well in the central panel of this stunning man's wrap. Note the large figure that 'gives birth' to the descendingly smaller figures nestled beneath each other. The figure is adorned birds - kolo and flowers which are speckled about. Also note the smaller Atoni figures in the side bands. Many Timorese textile motifs are ancient designs having come to the Indonesian archipelago with the Dong Son Bronze Age culture. This ancient culture came from Annam, present day Viet Nam, in the Eighth Century BCE. Many decorations on the ancient Dong Son bronzes found their way into Timor textile designs.