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Indonesian, Kisar, Maluku (formerly Molucca) Islands

Man's cloth, ca. 1975

Description

Maker

Unknown

Culture

Indonesian

Title

Man's cloth

Year

ca. 1975

Medium

Cotton, glass beads; plain weave, warp ikat

Materials/Techniques

Materials

cotton,
beads

Techniques

ikat,
plain weave

Dimensions

Length: 156.2 cm (61 1/2 inches)

Place

Kisar, Maluku (formerly Molucca) Islands

Type

Textiles

Credit

Museum Purchase: Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff and Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2003.40.5

Exhibition History

In the Spirit of Miss Lucy

June 11 - October 31, 2004

Traditionally among many of the cultural groups living in teh Maluku (or Molucca) Islands, the motifs depicted in their weavings helped to tell a specific tale. Stories were transmitted with the help of these textiles. Over the past fifty years, however, most of the original meanings have been lost to the inhabitants of the islands.

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