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Drawing in black ink on thick paper of circus artists mounted on card. From left to right: a man lying on a mat with six tubs on his right foot and a fan in his right hand. Child s...

During the 16th century, painting in the Netherlands underwent a transformation, abandoning the intimate, religious compositions used by the early Flemish artists that has so brill...

362-187Hopi woven belt, faja (TK); wool; l. 239 cm., w. 9 cm.; ca. 1880.\Such belts were usually used by women to secure their dress, but on ceremonial occasions men adopted these ...

674-3, 6°Kachina dance sash (in two halves); ta-kun-i-kwi-kya-tsi-napa, or kâkâthléom (TK); cotton, wool, pigments; l. 102 cm. (without fringe), w. 26.5 cm.; ca. 1880.‖ The oldest ...

A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth are skull trees and horses. The central band shows the 'patola ratu' motif, a motif inspired by the pat...

A man's cloth with mamuli motifs on the edge. The mamuli is an omega shaped ear ornament and a symbol of female sexuality. In the Kodi district, the iconography of the cloths refer...

A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth men, skull trees and birds are depicted. \Hinggi are cloths for men. They have ikat motifs on the warp ...

A men's cloth (hinggi), consisting of two weaves sewn together. On the cloth are among others horses and large shrimp depicted. \Hinggi are cloths for men. They have ikat motifs on...