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279 Moluccas, Luang
Lawar (sarong, warp uncut)  
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| Locale: | Unidentified. |
| Period: | Late colonial to 1950 |
| Yarn: | Cotton, hand-spun, fine, double-ply, and commercial thread. |
| Technique: | Warp ikat |
| Panels: | 2 |
| Size: | 73 x 153 cm (2' 4" x 5' 0") LW: 2.10 |
| Weight: | 655 g (23.1 oz), 293 g/m2 (0.96 oz/ft2) |
| 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. |
| 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: | Chapters on Moluccas and Luang. |
| Exhibited: | Roemer Museum, Hildesheim (1991) |
| Published: | Brigitte Khan Majlis, Woven Messages, 1991.
Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago, 2018.
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| Compare: | 278 280 |
| Sources: | Depicted in Khan Majlis, Woven Messages, Fig. 313. |
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