Международная научная конференция ЮВА в СПбГУ-65

Международная научная конференция, посвященная 65-й годовщине начала изучения языков ЮВА в нашей стране Каро-батакские ткани в коллекциях МАЭ и современной Индонезии 321 A. A. Iankovskaia (Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), St. Petersburg, vulpecula@list.ru ) KARO BATAK TEXTILES IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY (KUNSTKAMERA) AND IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA Abstract: The paper provides a review of the major types of uis textiles and their functions in the modern culture of the Karo Batak of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Naturally dyed blue textiles represented in the Batak collections of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) have all but gone out of use. The modern repertoire of uis includes red, purple and other textiles, each of the approximately 20 types associated with particular colours, design and functions. Both the designs of uis and its roles in the Karo culture are undergoing constant change. Keywords: textiles, uis, Karo Batak, Sumatra.