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125 Roti Group, Ndao
Lafa (shawl) 
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| Period: | 1930-1940 |
| Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun, medium |
| Technique: | Warp ikat |
| Panels: | 2 |
| Size: | 86 x 152 cm (2' 9" x 4' 11") LW: 1.77 |
| Design: | Patola style with truncated jilamprang-like patterns in four bands, and five narrower bands with what look like red crosses on white squares, and numerous narrow ikated stripes. The asymmetric 'Savunese-style' field division is a Roti characteristic, as is the truncating of motifs. Executed in indigo, morinda red and purple. Note the asymmetry (prescribed for this type of cloth): the left panel has three longitudinal stripes on the right, whereas the panel on the right has two stripes on the left. |
| Comment: | Beautiful 'full asli' Ndao cloth with good weaving, age, tender patina, and a pleasant soft feel. Ex collection Verra Darwiko. |
| Background: | Chapters on Roti Group and Ndao. |
| Exhibited: | Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, 2014/15. |
| Published: |
Woven Languages, 2014.
Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, 2018.
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| Compare: | 290 011 042 012 003 |
| Sources: | On the Savunese style field division as characteristic of Ndao versus Roti see Fox In Gittinger, Indonesian Textiles, p.48 |
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