2032 Pair - Antique Indian Trade Textile Print Toraja Fragment - Earth shades

Pair of fantastic little fragments of an Indian Trade textile with several colors 

 Thick coarse cloth.

Completely hand drawn in rust & earth shades.

Collected on a field visit to Toraja, Sulawesi. 

These fragments has been saved from a fire - therefore has burn marks present. Holes and stains. Edges not even. 

Each is 22 cm x 30  cm - will look superb framed and displayed side by side.

For similar examples, see the Ashmolean Museum collection: Link

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 and then has back to Singapore. 

VERY RARE

Such pieces can be found only in museums.

Frame it and add it to your home-museum collection.

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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.