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  • Ceremonial Cloth (kamben Geringsing) (Indonesia), 1931

    Textile created in double ikat or ‘geringsing technique’ (within Indonesia, only practiced in the village of Tenganan, East Bali). Shows symetrical scaled design of large half medallions with complex decorative…

  • Long Sarong (kain Panjang) (Indonesia), 19th century

    Long cotton sarong (kain panjang) featuring diagonal repeat of medium-sized decorated blade-like motifs with stylized leaves and flowers attached to curving stems alternating with small four-lobed rosettes in dark blue,…

  • Textile (Indonesia), 20th century

    Panel of cotton batik printed in diagonally-arranged pattern of hook-shaped motif known as “parang tuding” in reddish brown and accented with blue dots on tan. Because it is arranged along…

  • Scarf (Indonesia), early 20th century

    Narrow length of batik in brown, dark blue, white, and tan.Tumpal motif (row of isosceles triangles) at ends and large sawat or mironj motif (wings of Garuda, mount of Vishnu)…

  • Necklace (Egypt)

    Faience, single strand of disks, multi-colored and sized

  • Beaded necklace Necklace, 5 BC

    Single-strand necklace of eyes in pierced design, separated by groups of very small faience beads and fifteen other larger beads including soapstone pendant in form of eye. Larger painted is…

  • Necklace (India), mid-19th century

    Necklace. Gold beads with semi-precious stones, on red silk cord.

  • Necklace (India), ca. 1855

    Twenty-one turquoises, eighteen pearls, one hundred forty-eight baroque pearls. Braided gold thread ties. In embroidered lavender box.

  • Necklace (India), mid-19th century

    Four strands of links of graduated length, alternately beaded and fasetted, on concealed inner chain; fastened at ends to two triangular elements decorated with filigree and flattened granules; ring and…

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