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Shawl3511/7

Maroon shawl (selendang) with fringe on ends. Top and bottom edges are bordered by three patterned bands. Outer and inner bands have an alternating diamond and triangle motif, with dots throughout; centre band has a repeating geometric motif. Bands are maroon, and separated with black and burgundy stripes and dark orange dots; designs are dark orange with dark green and maroon highlights. Wide maroon panel in centre of sarong. Repeating columns of figures and geometric motifs across length; all designs done in dark orange with dark green and burgundy highlights. Figures are a mix of birds, lizards, scorpions, butterflies, humans(?), and plants. Dark orange triangles border both ends of centre panel. White sticker on back.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong3511/3

Sarong with sides sewn together, forming a rectangular tube skirt. Decorated with nineteen horizontal bands; assortment of coloured stripes, dashes and curvilinear motifs in between each band. Centre band is brown with yellow stitches in middle. From each side of centre band the patterns are identical. From centre outward bands are: black with white snowflake-like motif; plain brown; black with white snowflake-like motif; brown with white triangles made of curvilinear motifs; black with white sun-like motif; black with white oval-like shapes in centre and maroon triangles along edges, shapes filled with floral and curvilinear motifs; black with white sun-like motif; brown with white triangles made of curvilinear motifs; and black with white sun-like motif. Triangle designs, with cross-like protrusions at tops, decorate left sides of bands. White tag on back.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong3511/1

Sarong with sides sewn together, forming a rectangular tube skirt. Decorated with seventeen horizontal bands; assortment of coloured stripes, dashes and curvilinear motifs in between each band. Centre band is maroon with yellow stitches in middle. From each side of centre band the patterns are identical. From centre outward bands are: maroon with light brown cross-like shapes; dark blue with light blue cross-like shapes; maroon with light brown cross-like shapes; maroon with light brown curvilinear motifs along edges and dotted lines through centre; dark blue with light blue geometric, floral and curvilinear motifs; maroon with light brown curvilinear motifs along edges and dotted lines through centre; dark blue with light blue alternating geometric and curvilinear motif; and dark blue with light blue zigzag and curvilinear motifs. Triangle designs decorate right side of bands.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3488/2

Carved wooden figure of a kneeling man. His entire body is long and thin. He is straight backed and his head is sticking straight out from his shoulders. He has an angular face, with bulging eyes, a prominent brow and short, wide nose. His cheeks are hollow, has a wide, open mouth and his chin is jutting out. Large oval-shaped ears on either side of head, with wide, tapering holes in their centres. Hair fibres are nailed to the top of his head, curving backwards. The hair is braided along his forehead. He has a woven plant fibre skirt around his waist, with fringe along the bottom edge. The man’s knees are spread widely apart, with his upper body resting on his heels. His left hand is resting on his knee and his right arm is bent in front of him, with his hand under his chin.

Culture
Kamoro
Material
wood, hair, plant fibre and metal
Made in
West Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3488/1

Carved wooden figure of a female giving birth. The woman’s entire body is thin and long. She is leaning backwards and her head is sticking straight out from her shoulders. She has an angular face, with bulging eyes, a prominent brow and short, wide nose. Her cheeks are hollow, mouth is wide open and her chin is jutting out. Wide, oval-shaped ears on either side of her head, with large holes in their centres. Hair fibres are nailed to the top of head, sticking up and curving backward slightly. The hair around her forehead is braided. The woman is kneeling, with her knees spread out and her hands hovering over them. The baby is protruding from beneath her woven plant fibre skirt, wrapped high around her waist. Child has an oval-shaped mouth and eyes, and a long, wide nose.

Culture
Kamoro
Material
hair, wood, plant fibre and metal
Made in
West Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/5

Large textile composed of two matching pieces stitched together down the length, creating a large, rectangular textile with bilaterally symmetrical imagery. Wide middle panel of solid dark indigo flanked by side panels decorated with numerous narrow stripes, and central bands with intricate motifs in white on indigo. Both ends fringed.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and dye
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/4

Woven rectangular textile composed of three pieces of fabric sewn together. Large ikat centre piece is woven in dark purple-red, light brown, green, and blue. The centre piece is flanked by two pieces of fabric with a red background decorated with intricately patterned gold thread designs.

Culture
Sumatran ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, silk fibre and gold metal
Made in
Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/3

Large textile composed of three pieces of fabric, stitched together down the width, creating a large, rectangular textile with bilaterally symmetrical imagery. Wide middle panel has dark brown-black background with geometric and zoomorphic designs, flanked by side panels decorated with stripes, and central bands with intricate motifs in light brown on dark brown-black. There is a strip of fabric sewn across the back of the top of the textile with pin holes in it. Both sides fringed.

Culture
Sumbawanese
Material
cotton fibre, dye and indigo dye ?
Made in
Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/2

Hinggi or large blanket composed of two matching pieces of brown woven material stitched together down the length, creating a large, rectangular textile with bilaterally symmetrical imagery. Multicoloured patterns and imagery incorporating human and zoomorphic figures. Both ends have brown fringe.

Culture
Sumbanese
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/1

Ceremonial hanging or funeral shroud composed of two matching pieces of ikat fabric stitched together down the length to form a large square. Uniform geometric patterns in grey-blue, light brown and dark purple-red on a red-orange background. Both sides are bordered by vertical stripes of olive green, grey-blue, red-orange and light yellow. There is a strip of fabric sewn across the back of the top of the textile with pin holes in it. The bottom edge has fringe.

Culture
Toradja
Material
cotton fibre, dye and indigo dye
Made in
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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