1983.129 Ceremonial cloth (pua) with shields aslant (simbang terabai)

n.d.: Limau ak Gendang, Sarawak

n.d.: Iela ak Mawan, Sarawak

n.d.: Messee ak Gendang, Sarawak

n.d.: Ugun ak Bigam [1]

n.d. Steven G. Alpert, Dallas, Texas, collected at Rumah Kanyan, Lubok Tutong, Sungai Ngumah, Kanowit, 3rd Division, Sarawak 

1983: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from above [2]

Notes:

The main source for this provenance is the Pacific American Corp. document titled "Dallas Museum of Art: The Steven G. Alpert Collection of Indonesian Textiles" in the Collections Records file labeled Steven G. Alpert—Indonesian Textiles. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[1] The weaver's name was Inchah, who died around 1940 (just before the Japanese arrival in Sarawak during World War II). She was said to have been about 80 years old at that time. According to the family this unique blanket was displayed only when a pig was ritually slaughtered to usher in the Dayak New Year (Gawai).

[2] See pages 1-4 of the correspondence between Harry S. Parker and Pacific American Corp. dated October 5, 1983, in the Collections Records file labeled Steven G. Alpert—Indonesian Textiles.

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