Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Textile; blanket; shroud?. Indonesia
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creation Place:
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Indonesia
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Creation Place:
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Kampong Kabaru
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Creation Place:
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Kuku Yowah
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Creation Place:
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Rende
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Creation Place:
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Sumba Island
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Title:
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Textile; blanket; shroud?. Indonesia
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Date:
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1940
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Materials:
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handwoven
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Materials:
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handsewn
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Materials:
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dyed
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Materials:
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ikat
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Materials:
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cotton
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Materials:
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indigo?
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Materials:
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morinda dye?
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Dimensions:
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237.0 cm by 111.0 cm
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Current Location:
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles.
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Address:
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Los Angeles, California 90095-1549
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Object ID:
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UCLA FMCH X91.550
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Subject:
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- ancestor raja dragon eagle deer snake bird flower plant
- handwoven handsewn dyed ikat cotton indigo? morinda dye?
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Heading:
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Content/Description
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Notes:
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Two sections, handsewn together vertically. According to Bill Royer, "Fine royal blanket of the type and quality used as burial shrouds among Sumbanese royalty. This particular blanket is unusual in its free-flowing designs (as opposed to horizontal sections) used as an artistic device to create bands of images and hidden ancestor faces. Purchased by Steven G. Alpert in Kampong Kabaru from Bapak Tungsu Jamu. It was woven by his grandmother, Kuku Yowah, who died in 1957. The central motif, Gandah, one of the royal patterns of the Raja of Rende, is flanked by ... dragons, eagles, deer, snakes, birds, etc. meeting to form almost hidden faces of the ancestors...Provenence: Kamong kabaru, Rende, Sumba Island, Indonesia."
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/ft809nb51k
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