| beings and animals. Each island or region has its characteristic patterns, which serve to identify the area in which the cloth is made.
The art of weaving is highly developed. It includes the famous ikat method, in which the thread is dyed selectively before weaving by binding fibers around groups of threads so that they will not take up colour when the thread is dipped in the dye bath. This process
may be applied to the warp, which is most commonand is found in |
Sumatra, Borneo, and Sumba. Weft ikat is found mainly in south |
Sumatra, and the complex process of double ikat is still
carried on in Tenganan in Bali, where such cloth has
great ceremonial significance. |
The National Museum in Jakarta has an extensive collection of |
Indonesian carvings, textiles, and artifacts; in addition, it contains |
models of traditional houses and villages from various parts of the country. The Jakarta Museum displays historic material of the city. There are a number of other museums throughout the country, the most notable of which are the Radya Pustaka in Surakarta (Solo, or Sala) in central Java, the Museum Bali in Denpasar, and the Ratna Warta Fine Arts Museum in Ubud in Bali. The Presidential Palace in Bogor, which has a fine
collection of Indonesian art, is located adjacent to the
Botanical Gardens. |
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