These two costumes are each made out of two goat skins. In Javanese Moslem tradition, when celebrating the birth of a new born child, one goat is slaughtered for a daughter and two goats are slaughtered for a son. One goatskin is not enough to cover an adult body, thus requiring two skins to cover a person.

>> Exhibited at: The Art Center, Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (2001), ‘Floating Chimeras', Edsvik Art, Sollentuna, Sweden (2001) Collection: ‘I am Ethnic I' Singapore Art Museum

 

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I am Ethnic I, II
two costumes goat leather, fiberglass, thread, bowl 2000
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