Indonesia dance Horniman Museum

The afternoon was made very much brighter
by the colourful costume and the brilliant dance of
the troup flown from Jakarta to perform at this
and the later event at the
where a banquet at
Central Hall
Westminster
for a dance, music and fashion show by an Indonesian designer
awaited the guests
I was pleased however to see this first
show.......................
as it was a much more intimate display,
where the dancers performed on the floor of the
Hall enabling us to see their costume in its
entirety..
displaying the magnificent embroidery ..and fabrics
later, this was on a large stage, in the City, and we did not have the opportunity, as shown here, to be close to the dancers
and musicians as they performed for an invited audience, comprising also many young people from the
district who were totally captured by the splendour of it all

Indonesia Dance

At the Horniman Museum
The Indonesia event at the Horniman Museum featured
dances from many parts of the countries islands

Indonesia Traditions

Part of the day included a series of dances and plays acted to music
this is the figure which
shows how the other players can be
scared away.........
the fantastic costume
and the masked face
are not however very
frightening as one sees the
other dancer holding the decorated parasol
which forms part of the acting in the play

Exhibition Arranger

The #exhibtits which came from all parts of Indonesia
showed kewels and crafts in many
forms
this exhibit had one piece which i found to be most attractive beauce of the working of the gold medallion
intricately carved on plain black stones which formed the chain

Horniman Museum Indonesia Day

Part of the collection of jewels on show
at the Museum
I particularly liked a collection of small black stones wound together
with a large decorated gold medallion
very finely engraved

Victoria with the Jewels of Indonesia

with some of my favourite pieces
from this Indonesia Collection
superb craftsmanship..and exquisite natural stones
and corals make this delightful display

Indonesia Day at the Horniman Museum

I was invited to this Indonesia event at The Horniman Museum in London...
the first things
which I saw were the brilliant jewels in the Collection brought
over especially for this week
..............Ropes of pearl and corals.......................
casually tied together caught my attention
My studies in Birmingham were alongside jewellery designers
who learned their crafts
in the internationally known training ground for the
Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham
I know that,
like myself , they would like the designs and gems in this Collection