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Ikat from Luang, Moluccas, Indonesia
 

279 Moluccas, Luang


Lawar (sarong, warp uncut)



Locale: Unidentified.
Period: Late colonial to 1950
Panels: 2
Design: Numerous wider and narrower ikated bands and stripes, those in hand spun cotton and natural indigo dye alternated with pinstripes in commercial cotton with synthetic dyes. The lozenge-shaped main ikated motifs recall the kaif motifs of Timor.
Size: 73 x 153 cm (28.7 x 60.2 in)
Weight: 655 g (293 g/m2)
Yarn: Cotton, hand-spun, fine, double-ply, and commercial thread.
Comment: Made for export to other islands, this cloth was acquired by the first foreign owner with its warp uncut - a delivery practice in the Luang textile trade that according to Khan Majlis goes back to at least the early 20th c. The cloth differs from old style Luang cloths by the absence of wide plain bands between the main ikated band and the extremities. While relatively young, this type of Luang cloth is already rare, modern ones being made with synthetic dyes and commercial yarn exclusively. Ex collection J.B. Lüth.
Background: Additional information in chapters on Moluccas and Luang.
Published: Brigitte Khan Majlis, Woven Messages, 1991.
Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, 2018.
Compare: 278 280
Sources: Depicted in Khan Majlis, Woven Messages, Fig. 313.
  
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