4107

Beautiful Ikat Cloth

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Beautiful Ikat Cloth
SOLD
260.00USD+ buyer's premium (52.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 11:12UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4107
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Title: Beautiful Ikat Cloth
Description: Ikat cloth is made by tying and dying the warp threads prior to weaving. In Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, large pieces of ikat cloth were seldom actually worn, but used instead to pay fines and as peace offerings. See Opitz, p. 161. This beautiful example is illustrated in the NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=259, lower right, and was never worn (the illustration shows a similar piece as actually worn by the Raja of Boti, Timor, Indonesia); illustrated in NNP edition, p. 259, top right.
Low Estimate: 550
High Estimate: 1000
Pedigree Collection: Purchased directed from natives in Sulawesi.