Gorgeous Handwoven Ikat Indigo Textile from Sumba, Indonesia ceramic sculpture I am guessing 1930s or

I am guessing 1930s or early 40s

typically prior to the beginning of a hunt--hence the fox head

A cultural tradition in Southest Asia practiced for thousands of years

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I think it certainly could still be employed as a nutcracker

Gorgeous Handwoven Ikat Indigo Textile from Sumba, Indonesia ceramic sculpture I am guessing 1930s orI can think of nothing more beautiful to wrap up in than this gorgeous textile indigo dyed cotton Ikat from Sumba, Indonesia, handwoven on a backstop loom. It was made in two panels, which have been sewn together with black thread. The imagery is complex and out of this world, from the primary figures with arms raised, legs spread, delineated rib cages, and giant phallus?!; the whole variety of birds and snakes and other creatures that surround them;