Gift of Dr. John H. Finney

A. Augustus Healy Fund

Collection of Christopher B. Martin

Gift of Victor P. Nunez

Anonymous gift

Hat of handspun, hand loomed black cloth. Embellished with multi-coloured embroidery, white beads, white buttons, silvery metal discs, and red ribbon edging.

Shoulder cloth (selendang) made with warp ikat technique. Stylized crocodile, hook and lozenge geometric pattern in pink, turquoise and black decorates the central beige section which is bordered with alternating red, black and beige stripes. The short edges are unfinished and fringed.

Wedding sarong (tapis). Two panels of hand spun, natural dyed cotton are stitched together with a long centre seam. The edge at one end has a folded hem, the other edge is finished with a basting stitch. Hand loomed cloth has stripes of red, brown and yellow with mirror work and embroidery embellishment.

Two fragments of hand woven, weft ikat, cotton cloth. Both have the same dark brown border and similar coloured motifs in gold, green and white; (a) with petalled flowers, (b) with leaves.

Ceremonial altar cloth in shades of brown and copper-gold. Black cotton warp, bronze metallic filament weft. Continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft with silk single filament yarn. Adat house motif, with buffalo heads.