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ULITA exhibition- final two weeks

'Bali and the islands of the Southeast'
an exhibition of Indonesian textiles
from Bali and Nusa Tenggara

From 7th October 2008 to 27 February 2009
Tuesdays – Fridays 09:30-16:30

The great string of islands between Java and Timor is known in Indonesia as Nusa Tenggara or the ‘Islands of the Southeast’ The region of Nusa Tenggara is a microcosm of the great diversity of Indonesia.

This exhibition aims to reveal some of the diversity and richness of the textiles of this region, based around a number of themes, including functions, ritual, design, production techniques, culture, continuity, decline and innovation.

The exhibition is based on the collection of Hywel Coleman OBE, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Education, University of Leeds. He is a consultant to the Ministry of National Education, Indonesia, and has been collecting Indonesian textiles since 1973.