Hinggi (men’s blankets) is a cultural heritage that come from East Sumba and is one of the woven textiles that can be easily recognized from its distinctive character and ornamentation. In general, hinggi is produced with a warp ikat weaving technique and woven using a backstrap loom. The making hinggi itself requires at least 7 main stages of production, with 42 complicated work steps, including sewing two narrow pieces of fabric to produce a wider sheet of fabric.

Pahikung is a weaving technique used on horizontal back tension looms that employs supplementary warps to embellish textiles with an infinite range of geometric and zoomorphic designs, many incorporating the rich iconography of Sumba Island. East Sumba is the only region in the entire Malay Archipelago where supplementary warp decoration has reached such a high degree of refinement.