Laos, Tai Daeng people

Textile for traveling, or baby-covering, with diamond designs, ca. 1930–60

Handspun silk with supplemental weft patterning and lac-red dye

49 x 23 inches (124.5 x 58.4 cm)

Gift of the Estate of Louise Taraldson Woods and other donors, by exchange

2008.005.001

Balinese, Negara

Rectangular hanging (tabing) with a scene of Kumbakarna fighting Sugriva, Hanuman and Anggada, from the Ramayana, mid-20th century

Cotton embroidery on cotton cloth

33 7/8 x 53 9/16 inches (86 x 136 cm)

George and Mary Rockwell Fund

2007.031.066

Indonesia, Semawa people, West Sumbawa

Skirtcloth (songet sarong) with designs of florettes, tumpals, birds, and ships, early 20th century

Cotton and silver-wrapped thread, supplementary weft woven

46 7/8 x 59 1/16 inches (119 x 150 cm)

George and Mary Rockwell Fund

2008.026.002

Burma, Chin State, Mara Chin

Man’s ceremonial cloth (cawng nak puan), 1920–40

Silk; warp-faced tabby with twill weave and discontinuous supplementary weft patterns

George and Mary Rockwell Fund

2005.073.002

Turkmenistan

Ersari–Beshir prayer rug, early 19th century

Wool

61 x 31 7/8 inches (155 x 81 cm)

Gift of Banoo and Jeevak Parpia

2008.019