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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Sumba
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East Nusa Tenggara
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Lesser Sunda Islands
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Indonesia
- Date
- 2002
- Media category
- Textile
- Materials used
- commercial cotton yarn, natural dyes, antique beads; warp ikat with supplementary warp patterning and beading
- Dimensions
- 156.5 x 64.5 cm one side of tube; 156.5 x 129.0 cm overall tube
- Credit
- D G Wilson Bequest Fund 2003
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 247.2003
- Artist information
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Hau Rimu
Works in the collection
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About
This tubular ikat skirtcloth is decorated with supplementary warp patterning and beading and is an example of textiles made for the highest ranking members of Sumbanese society. This cloth is decorated with abstract and geometric motifs and the dominant colour is red, a colour usually associated with aristocracy. As with other traditional Indonesian cultures, Sumbanese textiles are a signifier of status and wealth and are important in ritual gift exchanges.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, June 2003
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Symbols and Ceremonies: Indonesian Textile Traditions, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 2006–28 May 2006
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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William Ingram, Threads of life: Sustaining the textile arts of Indonesia, Bali, 2002, 27-29. General reference
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