- Title: Simbol Fetor Tinenti, Amtiran, Abineno & Bano
- Artist: Robert Koroh
- Region: Amarasi, West Timor
- Art Centre: Sanggar Uim Nima
- Medium: Copper Engraving
- Collection: Ta Teut Amarasi
- Dimensions: 17 x 4 cm
- Edition Size: 20
- Price ($AUD): $ 400.00
Artwork Story
SIMBOL FETOR ABINENO was the traditional seal used by one of the four Fetor of the Amarasi Kingdom. The Fetor served as advisors and ministers to the Amarasi Raja. These ancient seals were used to sign documents, brand livestock and for the incision on tree trunks for the demarcation of territory and represented the Fetor’s clan. This symbol appears on a document signed by the Fetor Abineno in the late 19th century, along with the other Fetor of Amarasi. The Fetor were aristocrats of the Amarasi Kingdom. Abineno territory was located in the north of Amarasi Kingdom.
SIMBOL FETOR AMTIRAN was the traditional seal used by one of the four Fetor of the Amarasi Kingdom. The Fetor served as advisors and ministers to the Raja. These ancient seals were used to sign documents, brand livestock and for the incision on tree trunks for the demarcation of territory and represented the Fetor’s clan. This symbol appears on a document signed by the Fetor Amtiran the late 19th century, along with the Sortui, Pasu and Tineti Fetor of Amarasi. The Fetor were aristocrats of the Amarasi Kingdom. Amtiran territory was located in the south of Amarasi Kingdom.
SIMBOL FETOR BANO was the traditional seal used by one of the four Fetor of the Amarasi Kingdom. The Fetor served as advisors and ministers to the Amarasi Raja. These ancient seals were used to sign documents, brand livestock and for the incision on tree trunks for the demarcation of territory and represented the Fetor’s clan. This symbol appears on a document signed by the Fetor Amtiran in the late 19th century, along with the other Fetor of Amarasi. The Fetor were aristocrats of the Amarasi Kingdom. Bano territory was dotted across Amarasi Kingdom in the west, north and east Kingdom.
SIMBOL FETOR TINENTI was the traditional seal used by one of the four Fetor of the Amarasi Kingdom. The Fetor served as advisors and ministers to the Amarasi Raja. These ancient seals were used to sign documents, brand livestock and for the incision on tree trunks for the demarcation of territory and represented the Fetor’s clan. This symbol appears on a document signed by the Fetor Tinenti in the late 19th century, along with the other Fetor of Amarasi. The Fetor were aristocrats of the Amarasi Kingdom. Tinenti territory was located in the south of Amarasi.
Located 28km south of Kupang, Baun is the ancient capital of the Amarasi Kingdom in West Timor. In 2007, Darwin artists Winsome Jobling and Leon Stainer travelled to Baun to conduct workshops with members of the sanggar; Jobling introducing the art of paper-making using local plant materials such as blade grass, rice straw, banyan, sugar palm and king grass, while Stainer presented print-making techniques in the form of woodblock and dry point engravings on copper plates.
As the print project developed, two signifi cant Amarasi artists emerged, Robert Koroh and Zarid Baksuni. The artists developed images derived from their rich tradition of woven textiles – ikat – and incorporated historical symbols into the prints. These have been editioned in Darwin by Leon Stainer and Merren Sarakowski. Winsome Jobling and a team of paper makers from the sanggar joined forces to make hundreds of sheets of hand-made paper onto which the limited edition engravings were printed. The paper makers include Ibu Agustina Koroh, Ibu Mira Koroh, Ibu Asnat Siki, Pak Robert Koroh and Pak Simon Koroh.