Indonesian Batik Skirt Wrap

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1960: item #527532
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Java, Indonesia 1920-1960

Timorese men’s wrap

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1970: item #501507
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Very fine ikat and embroidered patterned men’s sarong from Timor Island. The weaving is in three panels on this piece and is exceptionally fine and supple. In excellent condition with a few minor frays on the selvedge only. Although by no means an antique, this is a genuine “cultural” item and not made for the “tourist market”- a realistic dating would be between 30 and 50 years old. The embroidery (which is finished on both sides) and woven patterns on the two side borders panels ar... Click for details

Indonesian Plangi Breast Wrapper

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1930: item #486782
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Pricipality of Singaraja, northern Bali, Indonesia Early 20th century (1920-1930) A fine antique silk plangi breast wrapper. Dyed in broad asymmetrical bands of deep violet, vermillion, maroon, and light brown. This is an elegant, traditional pattern with an intensity of color remarkable for natural dyes. Excellent condition with signs of light wear; two tiny holes. 70"x 18".

Rare Iban sungkit pua belantan ca. 1930s

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1940: item #486548
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This is a rare Iban ceremonial pua belantan with anthropomorphic motif in supplementary weave ("sungkit") on bright red cotton ground, circa the 1930s from the Kapit area in Sarawak, Borneo . The main motif occupies an area the width of the sash (16 inches)and 18 inches long, located toward each end. Three anthropomorphic splayed-leg figures are woven in yellow and green threads on each side, wearing head-dresses and earrings, and their genitalia shown, apparently representing males on one and ... Click for details

1960s Maranaw silk tapestry cloth panel from Mindanao

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1970: item #481674
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This is a circa 1960s silk tapestry cloth panel for the joinery (called “langkit”) of a Maranaw tubular garment (called “malong”) from the Maranaw people in northwestern Mindanao, Philippines. The tapestry panel is used to join several panels of silk cloth to form the tubular garment. Measuring 4.5 x 71 inches, the tapestry panel is in excellent condition.

Iban sungkit bidang sleeping cats pattern ca.1930s

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1940: item #478689
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This is an Iban "sungkit" (supplementary wrapped weave) cotton bidang from the Kapit area in Sarawak, Borneo Island circa the 1930s. In excellent condition, this bidang measures about 21.5 x 41 inches. The main motif is of the Sleeping Cats or "Mayau tindok" ( seven W-shaped figures with lattice designs inside, apparently so named after the position of sleeping cats). Other motifs depicted are the shrew (“aji bulan”), deer ("rusa") and different types of lizards ("biyak"). The figures represent... Click for details

Tinguian sash diamond motif northern Luzon ca. 1950s

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1950: item #478124
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This is a special sash (“anigtan”) from the Tinguian people of the Cordillera area in northern Luzon, Philippines circa the 1950s. This “anigtan” is a fine example of the diamond and half-diamond motif in supplementary weft (“pinilian”) of alternating pink and yellow threads against a black ground. Each row of the diamond motif, measuring about 1.5 inches, is demarcated by a quarter-inch minute diamond twill weave in fine black and white threads. In excellent condition, the sash measures 7 x 74 ... Click for details

Rare Iban shaman robe dragon & lizard motif 1940s.

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1950: item #442811
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This is a rare Iban shaman red robe, circa 50 to 60 years old, used for ceremonial and healing rites, from the Kapit area in Sarawak, Borneo Island. The robe is woven in supplementary floating weft (“pilih”) of velvety, soft red cotton, with accents of black and blue. The main motif of the robe is two confronting dragons (“naga”) in front and two vertical rows of different monitor lizards (“biyak”) at the back. The lizards are between what looks like three rows of tree (of life?) patterns with ... Click for details

Iban vest sungkit lizard motif mid-20th c.

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1950: item #436788
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Circa 50-60 years old, this Iban red ritual vest (“kalambi”), decorated in “sungkit” supplementary weave with a triangle-patterned badge at the bottom back, came from the Kapit area in Sarawak, Borneo Island. The main motif, at the upper back, is three monitor lizards (“biyak”) done in "sungkit" in black and white threads, with highlights of yellow and green. The front is decorated in supplementary float weft (“pilih”) with a section of black-white triangle pattern at the top and black-white-yel... Click for details

Old Lao Shawl

Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1950: item #433704
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Vintage Laotian silk shawl textile. This item is 50 to 80 years old and said to be woven by the same village near Luang Prabang that were weavers for the former Lao royal family. Exceptionally fine weaving and difficult to source old Lao silk textile, I must have looked at over 200 textiles, during a recent trip to Laos, and these are only two that appeared to be genuinely old and not outrageously priced. The cover photo does not do this item justice so please note the enlargements to vi... Click for details