After eight days of exploring the island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara, Selviana Rumangkang and her two friends paid a visit to Rumah Budaya Sumba (Sumba Cultural Home). Upon entering the cultural complex’s museum in Tambulaka, Selviana felt as if she had found a miniature of Sumba. Items she had discovered all across customary villages in the island were sitting under one roof.

“In the museum, items are ‘packaged’ in st