WEAVING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER: IDENTITIES AND TRADITIONS IN EAST TIMOR
Natali Pride BA(Hons) UNSW 2002
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Note on sources
The references listed here include a wide variety of historical documents, including newspaper, magazine and journal articles, media releases, interviews, exhibition catalogues and books. The limited Indonesian language material available resulted in reliance of interviews conducted in East Timor over a three-week period in February 2002, the details of which are listed below.
Newspaper, Magazine and Online Articles
Australia Post, East Timor’s Stamp on History, media release, June 2002
Bennett, James, “Textile Art of Indonesia and Australia”, in ART AsiaPacific, Australia, no. 3, July 1994
Bennett, James, “Textiles of Timor: Cloth That Binds Across Borders”, in ART AsiaPacific Australia, no. 18, 1998, pp. 42-47
Bennett, James, “East Timor Museum: A Past and No Future?” in ART AsiaPacific Australia, no. 30, 2001, pp. 39-41
Bennett, James, “Tiki Ikat: Indonesian and Australian Aboriginal Textile Art”, in ART AsiaPacific, Australia, no. 3, 1994, pp. 94-103
Bennett, James, “East Timor Museum: A Collection Abandoned” in Orientations, No. 9, 2000, pp. 105-106
Cohen, Margot, “East Timor Attempts to Revive Portuguese Language”, Far Eastern Economic Review, 11 April 2002
Cotton, James, “East Timor: Political History Lecture Online”, Department of Defence, 18 November 1999, http://www.pol.adfa.edu.au/resources/timor4.html
Editorial, “East Timor gets its tongues in a tangle”, in Deutsche Presse-Agentur, April 15, 2002
Jaffer, Mehru, “Portugal Review Sukarno’s visit to in 1960” [sic], in The Jakarta Post, 9 June 2002
Kammerer, Peter, “Divided by an uncommon language” in South China Morning Post, May 19, 2002
Mandelson, Alix, “Tais from East Timor”, in Australian Handweaver and Spinner, Vol.54, 2001, pp. 10-11
Meehan, Karen, “Weaving a new culture”, Dramatic Online, 19 December 2001 www.dramaticonline.com/view/cont.asp?Id=11030
Murray, Alison and Veronica Pereira Maia, “Motifs in East Timorese Art: Images in Tattoos and Weaving”, Inside Indonesia, Vol. 41, 1994, pp. 30-32
Niner, Sarah, Report & Update: East Timorese Textiles (Tais) Exhibition & Weaving Women’s Stories, http://www.craftvic.asn.au/project/tais/niner.htm 5 September 2001
Quinn, George, “Indonesia Essential for the Future of East Timor”, in The Canberra Times, 26 June 2001, p. 9
Sexton, Jennifer and Sophie Morris, “NGA’s $6.5m Textile Scoop”, in The Australian, 19 June 2002, p. 5
Stevens, Melanie, Project Proposal: Traditional Crafts Marketing Feasibility Study, Dili: via email, April 2002
Verghis, Sharon, “Sultan Comes to Dinner to Celebrate $6.5m purchase”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2002, p. 5
Books and Journal Articles
Achjadi, Judi, Pakaian Daerah Wanita Indonesia, Jakarta: Penerbit Djambatan, 1976
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Anderson, Benedict, “East Timor and Indonesia: Some Implications”, in Peter Carey and G C Bentley (Eds.), East Timor at the Crossroads: The Forging of a Nation, Honolulu: University of Hawaii,1995, pp. 137-147
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Barnes, Ruth H., Seahunters of Indonesia: Fishers and Weavers of Lamalera, Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1996
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Carey, Peter and G C Bentley (Eds.), East Timor at the Crossroads: The Forging of a Nation, Honolulu: University of Hawaii,1995
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They Say, Knows Itself by the Margins" in Women's Studies International Forum 19, 1996, pp. 155-168
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Goncalves, Sancho, Menenun Tais Warisan Leluhur, unpublished (personal communication), February 2002
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Web sources:
http://www.etimortais.org
This virtual museum looks at materials used for older and newer pieces, looms and other machinery, patterns, motifs and meanings, as well as the changing scene and the loss of expertise in weaving and knowledge of patterns
http://www.craftvic.asn.au/project/tais
Craft Victoria Site with photos of the Weaving Women’s Stories Exhibition coordinated by Sarah Niner.
http://www.geocities.com/alola_foundation/
Home page for the Alola Foundation; includes an outline of the Weaving Women’s Stories Exhibition
www.etan.org/lh/default.htm(l)
L’ao Hamutuk Home page
www.undp.org/
United Nations Development Program Home page
www.nusa-tenggara.com/east/html/weaving.html
General information on weaving techniques in Nusa Tenggara
http://etcc.anu.edu.au/artforms.html
East Timorese Cultural Centre
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_etimor.html
Online bibliography compiled by Robert Lawless
http://www.un.org/peace/etimor/etimor.htm
Provides a background, chronology and facts and figures of the United Nations mission in East Timor, as well as a map of the island itself.
Exhibition Catalogues
Australian National Gallery, Cultures at Crossroads: Southeast Asian Textiles from the Australian National Gallery, Canberra: Studies on Asian Art, 1992
Bensaun Tuba-rai Metin: Firmly Gripping the Earth, Fairfield: East Timor Cultural Centre, 1997
Departmen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Pameran Koleksi Museum, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan: Museum Negeri Propinsi Timor Timur, 1993-1994
Departmen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Pengrajin Tradisional Daerah Timor Timur, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan: Museum Negeri Propinsi Timor Timur, 1993 -1994
Departmen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Motif Seni Ragam Hias Geometris, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan: Museum Negeri Propinsi Timor Timur, 1996
Departmen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Pameran Khusus Tais Timor Timur, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan: Museum Negeri Propinsi Timor Timur, March 1997
Exhibition of Textiles from Nusa Tenggara Timur from the Collection of Detlef Frietz Dirksen, Melbourne, The Gallery, 1985
Holmgren, R.J., and Anita E. Spertus, Early Indonesian Textiles from Three Island Cultures, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989
Leaving the Crocodile: The Story of the East Timorese Community in Sydney, (Exhibition Catalogue) Liverpool Regional Museum, August 2001
Leibrick, Fiona, Motif-motif Biboki, Darwin: Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1993
Leibrick, Fiona, Binding Culture in Thread: Textile Arts of Biboki, Darwin: Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory/CSEAS NTU Publications, 1994
Niner, Sarah, Weaving Women’s Stories: East Timorese Tais Textiles Exhibition Guide, September 2001, Gasworks, Melbourne International Arts Festival
Sumner, Christina, with Milton Osborne, Arts of Southeast Asia: From the Powerhouse Museum Collection, Sydney: Powerhouse Publishing, 2001
Textiles of Indonesia, Victoria: Indonesian Arts Society in conjunction with The National Gallery of Victoria, 1979
Tais – An Illustrated Guide, Timorese Australia Council. from “Leaving the Crocodile” Exhibition, Liverpool Regional Museum, August 2001
Interviews/Oral Histories
Araujo, Maria Immaculada
Yayasan Murak Rai,
16 February 2002
Dili, East Timor
Bennett, James
Curator of Southeast Asian Art and Material Culture,
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory,
29 January 2002
Darwin, Australia
Tais seller
17 February 2002
Pasar Tais, Dili, East Timor
da Costa, Tina
2 February, 2002
Dili, East Timor
de Oliveira, Jacinto
12 February 2002
Dili, East Timor
dos Santos, Domingos
Tais seller
17 February 2002
Pasar Tais, Dili, East Timor
Fatima, Maria
Yaysan Murak Rai
5 February 2002
Dili, East Timor
Gomes, Luciano
Tais seller
6 February 2002
Pasar Tais, Dili, East Timor
Napoleao, Ofelia
Manager
Weaving and Sewing Program
Timor Aid
6 February 2002
Dili, East Timor
Sherlock, Kevin,
[Compiler of A Bibliography of Timor: Including East (formerly Portuguese) Timor, West (formerly Dutch) Timor and the Island of Roti, Canberra: Australian National University Research School of Pacific Studies, 1980]
1 February 2002
Darwin, Australia
Stevens, Melanie
7 February 2002
Dili, East Timor
Vos, Ana
17 February 2002
Dili, East Timor






Figure 6.1 Pasar Tais, Dili: Luciano Gomes (left) with Sancho Goncalves. Sancho






is holding a tais from Ainaro (Photo: Natali Pride, February 2002)