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Ikat from Savu, Savu Group, Indonesia

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172 Savu Group, Savu


Hi'i (men's shawl)microscope


Period: 1930-1950
Yarn: Cotton, hand-spun, extremely fine, double-ply
Technique: Warp ikat
Panels: 3
Size: 87 x 141.5 cm (2' 10" x 4' 7")   LW: 1.63
Weight: 363 g (12.8 oz), 295 g/m2 (0.97 oz/ft2)
Design: Field decorated with seven main ikated bands and numerous ikated and plain stripes. The main motif is floral, and undoubtedly of European inspiration, based on needlework patterns. Note the asymmetry (de rigueur for Savunese men's shawls): four of the main ikated bands are on one panel, three on the other. The facing of the floral motifs is also inverted. The main ikated bands are interspersed with narrower bands carrying a lozenge motif called boda. The indigo is relatively light, clearly the weaver's choice, as there is only moderate fading. Remarkable is the crisp, angular drawing stype, which is not often seen on Savu. (It is seen on sarong PC 012, which was acquired from the same source, and may well have been made by the same weaver, given that this style is quite idiosyncratic.)
Comment: [PHOTOGRAPHY PROVISIONAL] Moderate fading. Material shows light signs of use, mostly affecting selvedges. Clearly this cloth was well used, and taken good care of.
Background: Chapters on Savu Group and Savu.
Compare: 296
Sources: Duggan, in neither of her two works on the ikat of Savu published so far (2001 and 2013) shows an example that is similarly angular.
  
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