Context (Acquisition Details)
Bowmer's catalogue card reads: ‘Large Ikat cloth I/1 - 3 7 INDONESIA Sumba. Dark blue, red and white design. Famous cloths from Sumba with mythological designs. Cloth from natual dyes. First cloth in my collection. Four lengths stitched together to form a bedspread. Purchased Yogya 1974 Rp 17500.’
Event Date 13/10/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ikat cloth. Abstract repeat pattern depicting mythological creatures in dark brown, orange-brown, blue and white. The cloth is made of four lengths stitched together, with dark brown fringes at each end.
Event Date 13/10/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ikat cloth made out of four vertical panels sewn together with red thread. Made out of natural dyes, the design is made out of geometrical shapes and mythological four legged animals and fringes at both horizontal ends. The colours are dark and light brown, orange, light yellow and dark blue.
Event Date 1/8/2024
Author: Diana Serediuc

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5990 | Freezing
Event Date 2/8/2024
Author: Anne Doering