Art and culture in Jakarta

We do not have to go far out of their apartment to find the finest wall hangings.  George is a collector par excellence of batiks, ikats and songkets.  These are photos of just a few of their lovely wall hangings.

and some others 

and these are wayangs, Indonesian puppets.  Personally, I love the wall hangings but the wayangs are not to my taste.

We did however go to the wonderful Textile Museum and looked at some very old pieces.  The Indonesians have textile production down to a fine art.  They produce the most fabulous things.  George and Shirley also took us to the Inacraft Exhibition which was on for the weekend.  We spent 5 hours there.  The next day we went to an art auction.  It is a great shame that this visit is at the beginning rather than the end of our travels.

A ceramic wall hanging outside a Chinese temple.