1983.117 Sacred textile (mawa')
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The female figure within the central rondel of this textile is the goddess Indo' Samadenna (Mother All There Is), depicted with a golden spinning wheel she won in a quarrel with her sister and brought to the moon.
1983.131 Ceremonial cloth (pua sungkit)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Elongated nabau, the ferocious giant water serpents, are placed along the sides of the central panel, or "main body," to contain the deities on this cloth.
1983.128 Ceremonial cloth (pua) withi Jugah's jawbone (rang Jugah)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The enigmatic design of this cloth is known as rang Jugah, or "Jugah's jawbone." While no weaver still remembers who Jugah was, the jawbone design is known to symbolize a severed trophy head taken in battle.
1983.134 Headhunter's jacket (baju kirai)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The back of this jacket (or war vest) displays several rows of figures and designs. The figures represent a pairing of the protective deity Indu Dara Tinchin Temaga, the daughter of the god of war, and a kneeling male.
1988.124.McD Ceremonial cloth (pua sungkit)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The center of this pua sungkit depicts twelve dragons or serpents (naga/ nabau) which are coiled around or whose bellies are filled with trophy heads.
1946.11 Clara McDonald Williamson, Get Along Little Dogies
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail, the route of the cattle drives between Texas and Abilene, Kansas, between 1867 and 1884, forms the basis of a "memory picture" for "Aunt Clara," as the artist was affectionately called by the Dallas art community. Largely a self-taught artist, she was born and raised in Iredell, Texas.
2007.15.62 Clara McDonald Williamson, Ropin' the Range
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
NOTES
Object file has been reviewed
TMS record has been reviewed.
No education file for Williamson found.