The collection of Indonesian textiles at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam is a unique material archive in which historical and anthropological knowledge relating to Indonesian art and culture, as well as to political, economic and museological knowledge is preserved. The collection is comprised of everyday and ceremonial clothing, ritual textiles and tools used to produce the textiles. The nearly 12,000 textiles from Indonesia were collected over a period spanning more than 160 years. The majority were brought to the Netherlands when the Indonesian archipelago was a Dutch colony, the Netherlands East Indies.
Dutch interest in Asian textiles, albeit purely economic, started more than four centuries ago. The writer of a travelogue from 1595 mentions the exquisite, richly decorated costume of a Sumatran sultan and highly praises the technical skills of weavers on Bali. In a later period, the 19th century, also scholarly and artistic interest arose in the cultural traditions of the archipelago. An interest which exists to this day.
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Dutch interest in Asian textiles, albeit purely economic, started more than four centuries ago. The writer of a travelogue from 1595 mentions the exquisite, richly decorated costume of a Sumatran sultan and highly praises the technical skills of weavers on Bali. In a later period, the 19th century, also scholarly and artistic interest arose in the cultural traditions of the archipelago. An interest which exists to this day.
The collection of Indonesian textiles at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam is a unique material archive in which historical and anthropological knowledge relating to Indonesian art and culture, as well as to political, economic and museological knowledge is preserved. The collection is comprised of everyday and ceremonial clothing, ritual textiles and tools used to produce the textiles. The nearly 12,000 textiles from Indonesia were collected over a period spanning more than 160 years. The majority were brought to the Netherlands when the Indonesian archipelago was a Dutch colony, the Netherlands East Indies.
Dutch interest in Asian textiles, albeit purely economic, started more than four centuries ago. The writer of a travelogue from 1595 mentions the exquisite, richly decorated costume of a Sumatran sultan and highly praises the technical skills of weavers on Bali. In a later period, the 19th century, also scholarly and artistic interest arose in the cultural traditions of the archipelago. An interest which exists to this day.
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Dutch interest in Asian textiles, albeit purely economic, started more than four centuries ago. The writer of a travelogue from 1595 mentions the exquisite, richly decorated costume of a Sumatran sultan and highly praises the technical skills of weavers on Bali. In a later period, the 19th century, also scholarly and artistic interest arose in the cultural traditions of the archipelago. An interest which exists to this day.
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