Weaving Stories

Asian Art Museum. San Francisco
December 17, 2021 through May 02, 2022

Archival Photos

all images © Asianart.com and The Asian Art Museum except as where otherwise noted

Members of an elite family in Lampung, Sumatra, 1922.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. No. TM-60035000
Village heads from Sumba and a Dutch official, approx. 1915–1925.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. Nos. TM-10005877, TM-10005878
Toraja dancers, Makale, Sulawesi, 1946.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. No. TM-10003473
Members of an elite family in Lampung, Sumatra, 1922.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. No. TM-60035000
Decoration of a sacrificial shrine at a Toraja Merok festival, Buntao, Southern Sulawesi, 1969.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. No. TM-20000672. Photo, CHM Nooy-Palm
Batak weaver, North Sumatra, approx. 1925–1942.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. No. 7082-nf-353-10-3
An Iban woman spinning, Kalimantan, 1900–1940.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. No. TM-60006393
A woman from Kisar spinning, 1925.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. No. TM-10014389
A weaver, Muara Tiga, Pasemah, Sumatra, 1920.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll No TM-60023540. Photo, CH Japing
A Toba Batak raja and family, North Sumatra, approx. 1900.
Collection Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen.
Coll. No. TM-10001701