A SUMATRA WARP SHOULDER CLOTH (ULOS) Indonesia, Sumatra, 20th century
A SUMATRA WARP SHOULDER CLOTH (ULOS)
Indonesia, Sumatra, 20th century
This is a shawl (Ulos) probably of the suri-suri type, worn by the Batak people of Sumatra, in purple and dark blue ikat cotton woven with tassels at the short ends, the colour arrangement creates an arrow-like pattern, with rows of white and blue segments reserved against a purple ground.
82cm x 242cm including tassles
Literature:
Gillow J., Traditional Indonesian Textiles, Thames and Hudson, 1995.
Peter ten Hoopen, Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, Hong Kong University Press, 2018.
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A SUMATRA WARP SHOULDER CLOTH (ULOS)
Indonesia, Sumatra, 20th century
This is a shawl (Ulos) probably of the suri-suri type, worn by the Batak people of Sumatra, in purple and dark blue ikat cotton woven with tassels at the short ends, the colour arrangement creates an arrow-like pattern, with rows of white and blue segments reserved against a purple ground.
82cm x 242cm including tassles
Literature:
Gillow J., Traditional Indonesian Textiles, Thames and Hudson, 1995.
Peter ten Hoopen, Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, Hong Kong University Press, 2018.
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Time, Location
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