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070 Sumatra, Bangka
Limar (shawl) 
| | Locale: | Bangka, probably Muntok village, Malay people. | | Period: | 1750-1825 | | Yarn: | Silk, hand-spun | | Technique: | Weft ikat | | Panels: | 1 | | Size: | 56.5 x 146.5 cm (1' 10" x 4' 9") LW: 2.59 | | Design: | Kain limar (shoulder cloth) from Bangka, probably Muntok, or from Palembang on Sumatra, executed in fine silk with gold songket (brocade). Ikated central field, badan, with floral motifs elaborately framed in supplementary weft with gold thread. Tumpal style kepala (end borders). | | Comment: | Ancient and extremely fine example of the traditional high status shoulder cloth of this region. A true pusaka (heirloom). Gold songket border slightly frayed on six spots due to unfolding and refolding over some two centuries. Natural dyes. | | Background: | Chapters on Sumatra and Bangka. | | Exhibited: | Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, 2014/15.
Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, 2017. | | Published: | Woven Languages,2014.
Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, 2018.
| | Compare: | 069 147 205 | | Sources: | Khan Majlis (Wege zu Goettern und Ahnen), fig. 110, 114, 116. Also Gittinger, Splendid Symbols, Fig. 65. Very similar to National Gallery of Australia NGA2000.925, and also similar to NGA2000.870. Similar (especially in condition) to somewhat less richly decorated 18th C. limar in Yale University Art Gallery. | | |
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