Straw painting

“The work of villagers, these pictures may be seen hanging in kampong homes throughout Malaya, but their popularity is greater and the craft more widely practised in Sumatra and Java.
“The craft is indigenous among Malays; no similar work is done by other peoples of the East. […] It has remained for the Malay people, alone of those living in the rice areas of the world, to use the humble, life-giving padi to portray the familiar scenes of their lives.” (Frank Sullivan, “Pictures of Straw,” The Singapore Artist 1.3 [1955], 38-39)