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272 Moluccas, Luang
Lawar (sarong) 
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| Locale: | Unidentified. |
| Period: | Circa 1935 |
| Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun and commercial |
| Technique: | Warp ikat |
| Panels: | 2 |
| Size: | 71 x 149 cm (2' 3" x 4' 10") LW: 2.10 |
| Weight: | 525 g (18.5 oz), 248 g/m2 (0.81 oz/ft2) |
| Design: | Rimanu pattern reserved for the nobility. Accent stripes in natural yellow dye (curcuma most likely). |
| Comment: | This sarong stands out by its extremely fine and tight ikat work. Also by the powerful composition, the saturation of the indigo, the pastel tonality of its reds. The near perfect control of bleeding in deeply saturated indigo is hard to achieve, and must have required very tight binding which, given the complexity of the drawing, must have been very precisely placed on narrow skeins of yarn. Immaculate state of preservation. Ex collection J.B. Lüth. |
| Background: | Chapters on Moluccas and Luang. |
| Exhibited: | Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, 2017. |
| Published: | Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, 2018.
Timor: Totems and Tokens, 2019.
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| Compare: | 091 101 102 103 134 |
| Sources: | Sans pareil. |
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