Evolutionary Clustering in Indonesian Ethnic Textile Motifs

designs that have been living through generations with Javanese people, the largest ethnic group in
Indonesian archipelago.

Figure 6

Radial representation of Indonesian ornamentations phylomemetic.

The similarities as well as diverse aspects of ornamentation as reflected in the artifacts has opened
an ajar door for further both anthropological (or sociological discussions) and aesthetics of
Indonesian people in general by incorporating the evolutionary terms of memetics. Further works on
more data including the contemporary work of arts can be conjectured to see how the visual
patterns could fit the meme of human social and cultural evolution.

Acknowledgement

I thank colleagues in Indonesian Archipelago Culture Initiatives (IACI) for helpful resources,
references, and data mining.

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