The Islands of Cotton: Textiles in Indonesia - The Eiko Kusuma Collection historic photographs from the Hans

historic photographs from the Hans van der Kamp Collection

collectors

Authors: Chris Hall

Hand-drawn batik

The Islands of Cotton: Textiles in Indonesia - The Eiko Kusuma Collection historic photographs from the HansIndonesian textiles is not only delicate batik and silk ikat but also textile with dinamic motifs woven by cotton threads from east island such as Sumba island, Flores Island, Timor Island, Sulawesi Island, and Kalimantan Island. Eiko Adnan Kusuma has been known as an Indonesian Textiles collector worldwide. The Fukuoka Art Museum has held an Indonesian Batik exhibition in 1996, and an Weaving, Dyeing and Embroidery Diversity in Sumatra Textiles