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Pua Kumbu (ritual cloth)
Image Not Available for Pua Kumbu (ritual cloth)

Pua Kumbu (ritual cloth)

Date19th century
Maker Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak
Object number2024.15.25
Provenance[Gail Martin, New York, 2015]; purchased by David Paly, Gig Harbor, Washington, 2015; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2024
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Ikat: A World of Compelling Cloth, March 9 – May 29, 2023.Published ReferencesGlobal Ikat: Routes and Roots of a Textile Technique: The David Paly Collection. Gibson Island, MD; London: Historic Textile Research Foundation, with Hali Publications, 2023; p. 81, fig. 11, p. 93, ill., no. MA86.
Credit LineGift of David and Marita Paly
Dimensions112 × 67 in. (284.5 x 170.2 cm)
MediumCotton, warp ikat
Image Not Available for Kain Kebat (Woman’s Sarong)
Kain Kebat (Woman’s Sarong)
Malaysia, Borneo, Sarawak
20th century
Object number: 2024.15.22
Image Not Available for Porl situtu (ritual cloth)
Porl situtu (ritual cloth)
Indonesia, South Sulawesi, Toraja, Rongkong
early 20th century
Object number: 2024.15.14
Image Not Available for Ulos ragidup (pattern of life ritual cloth)
Ulos ragidup (pattern of life ritual cloth)
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Toba Batak
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.9
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Ulos (ritual cloth)
Indonesia, North Sumatra, Toba Batak
mid-20th century
Object number: 2024.15.10
Image Not Available for Kain Limar (Shawl, head cloth or hip wrapper)
Kain Limar (Shawl, head cloth or hip wrapper)
Malaysia, Northeast Coast, Malay people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.24
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Sarung Songket (Woman’s Sarong)
Peninsular Malaysia, Malay people
19th century
Object number: 2024.15.23
Image Not Available for Dioula woman's strip-woven cloth
Dioula woman's strip-woven cloth
Cote d'Ivoire
mid-20th century
Object number: 2023.18.7
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Man's Cloth
Ghanaian
mid 20th century
Object number: 2023.18.6
Image Not Available for Cloth
Cloth
Baule
19th-20th Century
Object number: 81.17.248
Image Not Available for Cloth
Cloth
Baule
19th - 20th century
Object number: 81.17.251
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Woman's cloth
Nigerian, Yoruba culture
early 20th century
Object number: 2023.18.3
Image Not Available for Iro (Woman’s Cloth)
Iro (Woman’s Cloth)
Nigerian, Yoruba culture
early- to mid-20th century
Object number: 2023.18.2