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Old Ceremonial Sumba Textile with Marapu / Courtesy the Wovensouls collection Singapore

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English: Indonesian ceremonial cloth called Lau Witi kau or Lau Wuti Kau. Queens in East Sumba gave these works of art as wedding as wedding gifts or trousseau to their daughters, as a blessing of power of the Marapu. The Marapu is the first deified ancestor of the clan and through his presence through such textiles confers protection. The face of a marapu may never be depicted in the beaded motif on the textile. Courtesy the Wovensouls collection, Singapore.
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