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East Nusa Tenggara12
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Ngada1
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mau
Textile

mau

c. 2006

A Mau (selimut), made from hand spun local cotton and natural dyes. Thin red and white warp stripes divide stripes of geometric patterns in red and blue, with twisted fringing.

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warp ikat kain sarung
Textile

warp ikat sarung

late 20th Century

A red and black kain made up of three panels, all including warp ikat elements including zigzags. There are also narrow blue, yellow and red stripes running through the weave and fringed warp edges.

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ikat mau
Textile

ikat mau

late 20th Century

A mau [blanket], with black, blue and red stripes with twisted tassels. The black and red stripes contain warp ikat designs of diamonds, crosses and flowers in yellow. It is made of either cotton or c...

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warp ikat blanket
Textile

warp ikat blanket

c. 1983

A large warp ikat blanket, possibly from Flores. The colors are blue, black and red in plain and ikat stripes.

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shoulder cloth
Textile

shoulder cloth

c. 2007

A sigi iki (shoulder cloth) from Timor, in black and red stripes with a supplementary warp if zigzags and flower motifs in white, with fringing.

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mau ana
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A mau ana (literal: 'little blanket'); a sash or shawl worn around the neck, presented in gift giving ceremonies to welcome visitors. It has predominantly pink, green and black stripes with occasional...

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blanket
Textile

blanket

late 20th Century

A warp striped cloth in red, yellow, orange, green, yellow and pink with hook and rhomb symbols running along two central white stripes. The colouring is much lighter than equivalent pieces from this ...

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shawl
Textile

shawl

late 20th Century

A woven shawl wit a design of parallel stripes in yellow, red, green, blue, purple and white. There are tassels at both ends. The central band includes some supplementary warp patterning in white, wit...

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mau
Textile

mau

late 20th Century

A cotton mau (blanket), woven with narrow stripes of red, white, green and yellow, alternating with broader stripes of various colours with a hook-and-rhomb motif, and other geometric designs includin...

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mau
Textile

mau

late 20th Century

A cotton mau (blanket) predominantly black with narrow blue stripes and broader red, green, blue and undyed white stripes, with fringing. The broadest black stripes contain warp ikat detailing in whit...

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batik shoulder cloth
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A shoulder cloth or 'mau ana' (literal: 'little blanket'). The colours are yellow-orange and light purple. It is in a damask style with large stylised flowers, weftl stripes and zigzags. There is a th...

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Mau ana ikat
Textile

Mau ana ikat

late 20th-early 21st Century

A mau ana (literal: 'little blanket') shoulder cloth warp ikat. The piece consists of two mirror image panels, both of which contain three large flowers with leaves. The main part of the piece is colo...

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