DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Mat

NameMat

Artist Artist unrecorded

DateLate 19th or early 20th century

Place madeTimor, Timor, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

MediumGrass

Dimensions46 3/4 × 18 in. (118.7452 × 45.7201 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1154

Object numberA.1995.93.1154

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionBi-symmetrical/on either side of center is a bird/man figures. Stylized crocodile or alligator on each end. The design is broken into four wide bands separated by smaller bands and stripes in a mirror image format. The wide bands are figured. The outer one has crocodiles going in opposite directions and in the center an ornate standing figure with a bird on each shoulder.