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blanket
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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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warp ikat shoulder cloth
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A brown and black warp ikat shoulder cloth or 'mau ana' (literal: 'little blanket') from Nusa Tenggara Timur. There are complex patterns in the central panel flanked by multi-coloured stripes and frin...

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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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ikat shoulder cloth
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A multicoloured warp ikat shoulder cloth or 'mau ana' (literal: 'little blanket'). It has a pattern of ruyi cloud shapes forming elongated diamonds in warp thread across a darker central panel, which ...

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mau ana
Textile

mau ana

late 20th Century

A Mau ana (literal: 'little blanket') in black and orange. The supplementary warp shows the reverse colour on the back, with a diamond pattern on both sides. There are two purple, green and pink strip...

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mau
Textile

mau

late 20th Century

A predominantly black cotton mau or selimut (blanket), with yellow warp thread and narrow multicoloured stripes. There are supplementary weft designs in synthetic wool, including crosses and zigzags. ...

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ikat shawl
Textile

ikat shawl

late 20th Century

A thick cotton shawl from Sabu. There are white and brown ikat designs on black, including zigzags. There are also narrow yellow and brown warp stripes; the yellow stripes have been added after the ik...

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mau
Textile

mau

late 20th Century

A predominantly black cotton mau (blanket), with narrow multicoloured stripes. There are supplementary weft designs in synthetic wool, including crosses, diamonds and rows of hook-and-rhomb. This is a...

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ikat weave
Textile

ikat weave

late 20th Century

A black cotton weave with white ikat designs, striped warp edges, fringing and gold metallic thread.

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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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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 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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