BATIKAT

rare Indonesian batik, ikat and plangi

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    ID: SJH-074-I-SUM

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    East Sumba; hinggi kombu; man's textile; extremely fine weaving (and may be the finest examples of handspun cotton this writer has ever seen); tight hand and weaving; excellent and mint condition; natural dyes except for threads in woven finish bands at each end; probably a royal textile based on overall quality and design, which incorporates the udang (shrimp) motif; dramatic aesthetics; exceptional Sumbanese example

    Type: ikat

    Island: Sumba

    Material: cotton

    Condition: excellent/mint

    Circa: 1930

    Size: 54" W x 108" L

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