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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 146

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The people of Sulawesi wear ritual costumes and the deceased as well as the place where a ritual is conducted are decorated with "Sacred Cloths". The textiles made by the indigenous people or brought in from the neighboring islands or foreign countries are treasured; and they have been inherited from generation to generation as heirlooms that serve the function of bond between people and gods. The exhibition will introduce not only the dramatic warp ikat woven ritual cloths and the batik resist-dyeing banners that formed the image of Toraja textiles until now, but also tablet weaving textiles that have hardly been known till now as well as ceremonial cloths that were woven by techniques which cannot be compared with that of any other technique in the world. The exhibits at this exhibition consist of works from the Keiko Kusakabe collection. Ms. Kusakabe has collected each work while researching various textile techniques that unfolded in Sulawesi Island.