A stunning medium-sized rectangular fragment of an Indian Trade textile.
Amazing blue (like teal) & red (dark salmon) on coarse cloth.
Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi.
Holes and stains. Edges not even.
106 x 85 cm
For similar examples see
1) The Ashmolean Museum collection: Link
2) The Kelsey Museum collection in Ann Arbor: Link
3) 'Master Dyers to the World' by Mattiebelle Gittinger
Comparison with other similar examples suggests that this is a few centuries old.
[Similar examples have been dated to be from the 13th - 19th century]
This is a rare opportunity to own something as rare and as old as this fantastic little work of art that had traveled from India to Toraja sometime in it's past
VERY RARE
Such pieces can be found only in museums.
Frame it and add it to your home-museum collection.
