In Focus

Double tubular sacred textile (mawa'), 2007.47

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.120

In Focus

Sacred textile (sarita), 1983.122

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Prayer stick finial

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Prayer stick finial

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Prayer stick finial

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Three Juzes of a Qur'an

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Prayer stick finial

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Finial

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa') with fish pond and leafy plants

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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Crescent-shaped ornament (tobelo)

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Sacred textile (maa'or mawa')

Cultures & Traditions

Founding Mothers in Southeast Moluccan Art

Cultures & Traditions

Heaven and earth in Southeast Moluccan Art

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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Staff with figures and head in relief

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Ear ornament or pendant (mamuli)

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Sacred carving (jaraik) with monkey skull

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Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

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Double tubular sacred textile (mawa')

In Focus

Sacred textile (mawa'), 1983.117

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Sacred textile (mawa') depicting tadpoles and water buffalo

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Kuduo

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Qur'an

In Focus

Nwenka mask

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Sacred textile (sarita)

Cultures & Traditions

Traditional Arts in Timorese Cultures

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Initiation crown with skulls

Cultures & Traditions

Toraja Textiles

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Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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Initiation crown

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Sacred textile (sarita)

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Plaque from a Tantric dancer's bone apron

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Plaque from a Tantric dancer's bone apron

DMA Insight

The Steven G. Alpert Collection of Indonesian Textiles

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Sacred textile (maa' or mawa')

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Sacred textile (mawa') with fish pond and leafy plants

In Focus

Ancestor worship in Southeast Molucca