A WEB PRESENTATION FOR ORANG-ORANG SENANG IKAT. CURATOR: PETER TEN HOOPEN
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ITEM: 001    ORIGIN/ISLAND: Borneo

Size: 260.0 x 62.0 cm / 102.4 x 24.4 in

Region/Tribe: Iban

Shape: Blanket

Yarn: Cotton, handspun, coarse

Dated approx: 1930-1945

Price: Ask

Comment: Beautiful, strikingly asymmetrical piece. It might be thought that it is only half a blanket. (Iban cloth often consisting of two panels.) Total design however seems complete, similar to cloth referred to below.

Literature: Cf. Textiles of Indonesia, Indonesian Arts Society 1976