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  • Textile (Indonesia), 20th century

    Part of a baby carrier or a head cloth (kain kepala) in cap (tjap) printed in geometrical motifs with little yellow floral shapes (possibly bits of silk cocoon) sewed onto…

  • Selendang (shoulder Cloth) (Indonesia), late 19th–early 20th century

    Shoulder cloth (selendang) with batik design in blue on tan. Features “sawat” (wings and tail of Garuda, mount of Vishnu) and “lar” (single wing of Garuda) motifs. Field shows organic…

  • Textile, Bunga

    Component “a” is a length of batik fabric with large flower and vine motif in green-blue, brown, gold, white, dark blue, and red on black ground. Some petals and leaves…

  • Textile (Indonesia), 1970–79

    An abstract patterned batik textile in indigo and brown/rust colors with bold brush strokes and traditional fine dots.

  • Panel (Indonesia), early 20th century

    Woven plaid, predominately yellow with green, white, and purple. Spaces were left between groups of warps and wefts to form voids. A green band is woven at the outer edges,…

  • Bag (Indonesia), early 20th century

    Red woven bag with stripes and geometric pattern in wide middle stripe. Has long fringe of strung beads starting at the opening and hanging past the bottom of the bag…

  • Bag (Indonesia), early 20th century

    Bag with strung beadwork in geometric pattern. Has long fringe of strung beadwork beginning at opening and hanging past bottom of the bag and a long beadwork handle showing diamond…

  • Container (Indonesia), early 20th century

    A cylinder covered with strung beadwork in geometric pattern. Each end is fitted with large coin, cluster of five bells, and a long beaded tassel. Attached to one tassel is…

  • Panel (Indonesia), early 20th century

    A rectangular panel in red, yellow, dark blue, light blue, orange, green, and black beads with a bottom fringe of beads and brass dangles.

  • Band (Indonesia), early 20th century

    A continuous band with a geometric pattern in brown, orange, and two shades of blue beadwork.

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