2013 Antique Hand Spun Handwoven Textile Natural Dyes - Ceylon Garment

A rare Sinhalese inner garment that is worn to puff up the pants. 

Amazing coarse cotton (maybe some linen content?) with hand spun yarn and hand woven cloth

Stamped and painted with natural dyes 

Has a joint along the centre. From the perfect alignment at one end and the slight misalignment of the border at the other end, it is likely that two separate halves are made and then joined together. 

320 X 117 cm

Collected on a field visit

Estimated to be from the 1800s 

Has a few patches of dye transfer in the white section, signs of usage and wear. Has a few holes and tears

VERY RARE

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IMPORTANT NOTE

This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily must be expected on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run, repairs and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.