Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Wooden painted mask of the character Rahwana. Humanoid face with bulging eyes, a protruding nose and two fang-like teeth. Red and black scalloped headdress on top of mask. Central scallop is light blue and has three triangular protrusions in front of it, painted gold. Abstract designs along the bottom of the dark red scallops, done in blue, red, green and yellow. Stylized linear motifs across all of headdress, some resembling flames, done in white and black. Curved triangles along top of headdress, in front of the scallops, painted gold. Red, blue and green circles painted across curved triangles. Gold horn-like shapes on either side of headdress. Long, oval-shaped protrusions on sides of face. They are painted black and have white curves and lines painted on them, imitating facial hair. Similar designs around the mask’s brows, mouth and chin. Mouth is open and has large white teeth along the top edge, with a fang-like tooth on either side. Mouth painted dark red, gums and tongue are pink. Face is painted dark teal, and eyes are orange and yellow, rimmed in red. Mask has holes for eyes, nose and mouth. String ties nailed onto back of mask. Ink inscription inside of mask.
Wooden humanoid mask. Head is thin with a pronounced brow, painted black, which comes to a low point at front between the eyes. Eyes are thin, oval-shaped and outlined in red and black paint. The face has a flat hooked nose above an open, puckered mouth, painted red. Nose has a black line painted down the middle, with black also around the nostrils. Cheeks, chin and top of mask are painted black. Only unpainted surfaces are around the mouth and eyes. Back of mask is hollowed out. Holes in mask for eyes, nose and mouth. Cord and metal hooks are attached to interior for hanging.
Long-sleeved open jacket. Front is completely cross stitch embroidered with repeating geometric designs in bright colours. The back yoke is black fabric with a large embroidered dark red flower at centre, flanked by two smaller red designs. The lower back is a large embroidered panel composed of squares with a large diagonal diamond pattern within. The sleeves and sides continue the repeating geometric patterns from the front. Interior lined with a shiny black fabric.
Skirt composed of a rectangular woven textile sewn along the short ends into a tube, which is then folded back over itself and held in place with a hook closure. The waistband is a solid black, with both a snap closure and hook closure midway down the centre of the band. The upper large area of the textile is composed of alternating vertical panels of Ikat(?) and designs of repeating diamonds. The lower portion of the skirt is composed of horizontal bands.
Long, thin rectangular textile with twisted burnt red, beige, blue and black fringe on both short ends. Woven geometric patterns in beige with brown-red on black-brown background. The four wider panels are divided by bands of dark green or indigo(?) blue and beige. Edge with dark green. The design is bilaterally symmetrical.
Long, thin rectangular textile with braided fringe on both short ends. Woven geometric patterns in beige colour on dark red background. Five panels, two with larger designs, and three smaller with repeating diamonds are separated by bright blue bands. Both sides are lined with black.
Textile with rectangular shape and twisted fringe on the short edges. The background is a dark brown-black with burnt orange patterns throughout. On either side of the textile are four bands of dark brown-red running down the length with black and orange lines through each band.
Long, thin rectangular textile with braided fringe on both short ends. Woven geometric patterns in light orange-yellow and dark purple-red on a bright orange-red background. Both sides are lined with solid vertical bands of red, light orange-yellow, dark purple-red, light orange-yellow, dark purple-red and then a thin red, working from the outside-in.
Small rectangular woven textile with fringe on short ends. The textile is a light blue with six vertical red bands composed of four stripes each. Between the woven bands are embroidered geometric designs in dark blue, and dark red. Across the top and bottom are horizontal meander-like designs.
Small rectangular woven textile with fringe on short ends. The textile is a light grey-purple with six vertical bands of light blue and dark pink. Between the woven bands are embroidered geometric designs in light blue and dark purple-blue. Across the top and bottom are horizontal meander-like designs.