Old Indonesian Ceremonial Sarong Skirt.

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1950: item #1113889
SK 384

Tubular tapis sarong made of striped cotton fabric, embroidered and couched with gilt-metal wrapped cotton with geometric motifs. Most probably originating from Lampung, Sumatra. Condition: clean, few loose and missing metallic threads. Dimension: 123 cm x 62 cm (double).

Antique rare Mandaya abaca ikat tube skirt Part 2

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1920: item #1107036
MDY010

A rare, antique Mandaya abaca (banana plant fiber) ikat tube skirt (locally called “linaog”), which has been opened, from the Mandaya people of southeastern Mindanao Island, Philippines circa the early 1900s. This cloth, made of two similar panels sewn together on the selvedge, has the famous Mandaya textile design repertoire of a stylized human (locally called “utaw”) and crocodile (locally called “buaya”), with intervening geometric and root-like motifs. Two smaller bands, flanking the main pa... Click for details

Antique rare Mandaya abaca ikat tube skirt Part 1

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1920: item #1107031
MDY010

A rare, antique Mandaya abaca (banana plant fiber) ikat tube skirt (locally called “linaog”), which has been opened, from the Mandaya people of southeastern Mindanao Island, Philippines circa the early 1900s. This cloth, made of two similar panels sewn together on the selvedge, has the famous Mandaya textile design repertoire of a stylized human (locally called “utaw”) and crocodile (locally called “buaya”), with intervening geometric and root-like motifs. Two smaller bands, flanking the main pa... Click for details

A Pair of Burmese Wooden Weaving Tools

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1910: item #1103621
AC63

A pair of Burmese wooden textile tools with elephant design, Trace of original remains in good condition.

Age: Burma, Early 20th century
Measurement: Height 22.7-23 C.M. / Width 4.2-4.3 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expe... Click for details

A Pair of Burmese Wooden Weaving Tools

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1910: item #1103619
AC61

A pair of Burmese wooden textile tools with monkey design, Trace of original remains in good condition.

Age: Burma, Early 20th century
Measurement: Height 20.7-20.8 C.M. / Width 5.7-5.8 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expe... Click for details

A Pair of Burmese Wooden Weaving Tools

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1910: item #1103615
AC58

A pair of Burmese wooden textile tools with bird design, Trace of original remains in good condition.

Age: Burma, Early 20th century
Measurement: Height 18.5-18.6 C.M. / Width 5.1-5.2 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expect... Click for details

A Pair of Burmese Wooden Weaving Tools

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1910: item #1103482
AC59

A pair of Burmese wooden textile tools with bird design, Trace of original remains in good condition.

Age: Burma, Early 20th century
Measurement: Height 21 C.M. / Width 4.3-4.5 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degr... Click for details

A Pair of Burmese Wooden Weaving Tools

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1910: item #1103476
AC60

A pair of Burmese wooden textile tools with angel design, Trace of original remains in good condition.

Age: Burma, Early 20th century
Measurement: Height 24.2 C.M. / Width 6.5 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degra... Click for details

Kachin Woman’s Skirt

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1950: item #1102038
2389

Exceptionally fine and rare Jinghpaw (aka Jingpo in China) “pukhang” heirloom wrap around skirt from Burma’s northern most state of Kachin. This piece is woven in three panels from two ply handspun cotton thread and goat or dog hair yarn supplementary weft pattern. As I am assuming that goat hair has similar smell to sheep’s wool when wet, so most likely this is dog. This piece is intricately composed and tightly woven lacking the garish colors of a recent piece. The aniline pink dyes ar... Click for details

Antique Tibetan Wool Carpet

Southeast Asian: Textiles Pre 1900: item #1093382

Small wool carpet with lotus design. Large central lotus is dark blue on pink hued ground. It is surrounded by blue and pink blooms. It measures 27" by 24". Made of wool. Overall good condition.